Re: Another Go is Python-like article.

2010-05-22 Thread sturlamolden
On 21 Mai, 16:20, Grant Edwards inva...@invalid.invalid wrote: I still don't get it. What about Go, exactly, do people see as Phython-like? Go doesn't seem to have any of the salient features (either syntactic or semantic) of Python other than garbage collection. How is Go not just

Re: Another Go is Python-like article.

2010-05-22 Thread Michele Simionato
On May 21, 4:20 pm, Grant Edwards inva...@invalid.invalid wrote: What about Go, exactly, do people see as Python-like? The philosophy of keeping things simple. I find the concurrency mechanism quite Pythonic. Moreover Go interfaces are quite akin to Python duck typing, but better. There also

Re: Another Go is Python-like article.

2010-05-22 Thread Patrick Maupin
On May 22, 5:00 am, Michele Simionato michele.simion...@gmail.com wrote: On May 21, 4:20 pm, Grant Edwards inva...@invalid.invalid wrote: What about Go, exactly, do people see as Python-like? The philosophy of keeping things simple. I find the concurrency mechanism quite Pythonic. That's

Re: Another Go is Python-like article.

2010-05-22 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sat, 22 May 2010 12:13:30 -0700, Patrick Maupin wrote about the lack of exceptions in Go: Looking at their rationale, it is appears that one or more of the primary go developers had to deal way too often with people who overuse and abuse exceptions, so they are reverting to an almost

Re: Another Go is Python-like article.

2010-05-22 Thread Patrick Maupin
On May 22, 6:14 pm, Steven D'Aprano st...@remove-this- cybersource.com.au wrote: On Sat, 22 May 2010 12:13:30 -0700, Patrick Maupin wrote about the lack of exceptions in Go: Looking at their rationale, it is appears that one or more of the primary go developers had to deal way too often

Another Go is Python-like article.

2010-05-21 Thread Grant Edwards
In a recent Reg article, there's yet more yammering on about how Go is somehow akin to Python -- referring to Go as a Python-C++ crossbreed. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/20/go_in_production_at_google/ I still don't get it. What about Go, exactly, do people see as Phython-like? Go

Re: Another Go is Python-like article.

2010-05-21 Thread David Cournapeau
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Grant Edwards inva...@invalid.invalid wrote: In a recent Reg article, there's yet more yammering on about how Go is somehow akin to Python -- referring to Go as a Python-C++ crossbreed. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/20/go_in_production_at_google/ I

Re: Another Go is Python-like article.

2010-05-21 Thread John Roth
On May 21, 8:20 am, Grant Edwards inva...@invalid.invalid wrote: In a recent Reg article, there's yet more yammering on about how Go is somehow akin to Python -- referring to Go as a Python-C++ crossbreed. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/20/go_in_production_at_google/ I still don't get