On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 09:20:18 -0200, Carlos Ribeiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One possible marketing strategy is to use the adjective fast in a
broader sense. The Python slogan could be something like: Programming
has never been any faster -- this changes the playing ground, from
raw
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 06:13:41 -0700, Stewart Midwinter
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A number of people commented on the article in GCN, at
http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/28026-1.html, and wondered if
more could not be done to address the perception of speed. The point
is made that although
So how about a slogan like Code it Fast, with Python, or Python:
Code
Fast -- one which emphasizes the (easily defended) claim that
development
time is shorter with Python, but which at the same time manages to
associate the word fast with Python.
I always liked: Python, the language that
On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 09:20 -0200, Carlos Ribeiro wrote:
BTW, I would move away from the fast enough when talking about
performance. It's difficult to qualify what is enough in marketing
terms; also, a selling/winning message can't be seen as taking excuses
for any reason. On the other hand,
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Raymond Hettinger wrote:
So how about a slogan like Code it Fast, with Python, or Python:
Code
Fast -- one which emphasizes the (easily defended) claim that
development
time is shorter with Python, but which at the same time manages to
associate the word fast with
One thing that bugs me: the article says 3 or 4 times that Python is
slow, each time with a refutation (but it's so flexible, but it's
fast enough) but still, they sure seem to harp on the point.
fwiw, IDG's Computer Sweden, sweden's leading IT-newspaper has a
surprisingly big Python article
Fredrik Lundh wrote:
[snip]
fwiw, IDG's Computer Sweden, sweden's leading IT-newspaper has a
surprisingly big Python article in their most recent issue:
PYTHON FEELS WELL
Better performance biggest news in 2.4
[snip]
Perhaps the message getting out is actually that Python's performance is
fwiw, IDG's Computer Sweden, sweden's leading IT-newspaper has a
surprisingly big Python article in their most recent issue:
PYTHON FEELS WELL
Better performance biggest news in 2.4
and briefly interviews swedish zope-developer Johan Carlsson and Python-
Ware co-founder Håkan
On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 05:11:04PM +0300, Oleg Broytmann wrote:
some popular areas. Let's add another topic, Making things fast. Let's
even make it the first topic, though I personnaly dont see a need for
this.
The topic guides are migrating into the Wiki, and there's already a Wiki page
about
On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 02:01:55PM -0500, A.M. Kuchling wrote:
On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 05:11:04PM +0300, Oleg Broytmann wrote:
some popular areas. Let's add another topic, Making things fast. Let's
even make it the first topic, though I personnaly dont see a need for
this.
The topic
The Wiki entry seems to reinforce the impression that bugged Guido to
begin with. It provides a bunch of but ... explanations about why
Python's speed isn't that important. Python is slow, but speed of
development is far more important.
I felt the same way when reading it. Also, it seemed
Raymond Hettinger wrote:
guidelines for applications that demand peek performance (in terms of memory
Peak performance, perhaps? :) Anyway, it looks pretty good to me, but I have a
few additional ideas.
Add a section of Caveats (we know they exist - might as well be upfront
about it):
Caveats
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