Terry Reedy wrote:
Luis M. Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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It is as important and python related as other projects
such as PyPy, Stackless,
but I think this is silly. PyPy is an alternate implementation of Python,
not a different language.
Grant Edwards wrote:
That seems to imply that you think market sucess == technical
merits. Unless you mean that Prothon was a technical failure
rather than a market-share failure...
As Prothon never got as far as an alpha stage product, I don't think you
could call it a technical success. It
Doug == Doug Holton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Doug I already stated that I will not mention boo again, to
Doug comply with Fredrik's wishes and yours. I will refer to
Relax, and go ahead talking about Boo all you want. I for one enjoy
reading about it, and probably many others as well.
Erik Max Francis wrote:
How bizarre is it that they're trying to sell Spry by indicating it
uses the very best features of Prothon, given that Prothon was a
failed project?
And Python uses the very best features of ABC. What's your point? ;-)
Not that I've ever even used Prothon, although I
Michael Hoffman wrote:
How bizarre is it that they're trying to sell Spry by indicating it uses
the very best
features of Prothon, given that Prothon was a failed project?
And Python uses the very best features of ABC.
did you learn that from reading Python marketing material, or by
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Michael Hoffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Doug Holton wrote:
Istvan Albert wrote:
All that boo does is borrows a few syntactical constructs
from python. Calling it virtually identical
is *very* misleading.
The syntax is indeed virtually identical to python.
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 18:53:01 -0600, Doug Holton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Let me say it again then, although I do not know why it threatens people
so much: the syntax of boo is indeed virtually identical to python's.
That is what I said and what is clear from the website.
Doug,
Boo seems to be
Fredrik Lundh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Terry Reedy wrote:
This I again agree with. I understand that Prothon is also a *different*
though Python inspired language. Also that it is still
under development.
http://www.prothon.org/
All work on Prothon
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 08:22:51 -0800,
Roger Binns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That work died due to a crisis of faith:
http://mylist.net/archives/spry-dev/2004-November/72.html
rolls eyes Soon it will be possible to become a well-known programmer
without writing any code at all; just
A.M. Kuchling wrote:
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 08:22:51 -0800,
Roger Binns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That work died due to a crisis of faith:
http://mylist.net/archives/spry-dev/2004-November/72.html
rolls eyes Soon it will be possible to become a well-known programmer
without writing any code at
A.M. Kuchling [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 08:22:51 -0800,
Roger Binns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That work died due to a crisis of faith:
http://mylist.net/archives/spry-dev/2004-November/72.html
rolls eyes Soon it will be possible to become a well-known
Sorry but I really feel this incredible waste of energy is polluting an,
otherwise, excellent and helpful mailing list.
Best regards,
Philippe
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[Roger Binns]
That work died due to a crisis of faith:
http://mylist.net/archives/spry-dev/2004-November/72.html
[A.M. Kuchling]
rolls eyes Soon it will be possible to become a well-known programmer
without writing any code at all; just issue grandiose manifestos and plans
until everyone is
Michael Hoffman wrote:
And Python uses the very best features of ABC. What's your point? ;-)
Not that I've ever even used Prothon, although I thought the way the
implementor dropped it into conversation was non-obnoxious. There could
be a valuable lesson here.
I'm not talking about the way the
Don't worry..
Now we'll make a big group hug therapy and friends again!
Cheers,
Luis
Philippe C. Martin wrote:
Sorry but I really feel this incredible waste of energy is polluting
an,
otherwise, excellent and helpful mailing list.
Best regards,
Philippe
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On 2004-12-21, Erik Max Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fredrik Lundh wrote:
(the site is pointing to a new project, Pycs, whose site is pointing to a new
project, Spry, the first dynamic language to have all the best capabilities
of
Python, Prothon, and C# (actually C-Omega) in one
Grant Edwards wrote:
That seems to imply that you think market sucess == technical
merits. Unless you mean that Prothon was a technical failure
rather than a market-share failure...
Since it was clearly both, I'm not sure why you're making this false
dichotomy.
Trying to sell Spry, Pycs, or
Fredrik Lundh wrote:
(and by the way, comp.lang.python isn't the community. most python pro-
grammers are elsewhere, and will only read what we post when googling for
the answer to some specific problem...)
They are busy writing programs in Python, some of them even do it for
the money, 9 AM - 5
Luis M. Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Terry Reedy wrote:
In response to a claim (I presume by LG and snipped by LG) that Boo is as
related to Python as PyPy or Stackless, I wrote.
but I think this is silly.
The 'this' that I referred to as silly was
Peter Hansen wrote:
And given that Boo is *not* virtually identical to Python*,
pointing it out to a self-proclaimed newbie with a question
about enums seems like nothing more than an ill-chosen
moment to do a little proselytizing. Why not just start
a thread about Boo and point it out to
Luis M. Gonzalez wrote:
Peter Hansen wrote:
And given that Boo is *not* virtually identical to Python*,
pointing it out to a self-proclaimed newbie with a question
about enums seems like nothing more than an ill-chosen
moment to do a little proselytizing. Why not just start
a thread about Boo and
Luis M. Gonzalez wrote:
Steve,
I didn't want to be agressive at all. Although now that I read again my
post, it seems a little bit harsh...
But I see that very often in this list, some replies show much of
intolerance and very little politeness.
And in my oppinion, this is one of these cases.
I
Doug Holton wrote:
the syntax of boo is indeed virtually identical to python.
All that boo does is borrows a few syntactical constructs
from python. Calling it virtually identical
is *very* misleading.
I've downloaded and tried it when you first made this claim
and it turned out that boo
Istvan Albert wrote:
All that boo does is borrows a few syntactical constructs
from python. Calling it virtually identical
is *very* misleading.
That's right. I wouldn't say it is *virtually identical* because Boo is
not Python (and this was clearly stated in its web site). It is an
Luis M. Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
As for the first ones, there's no reason to bash this project
gratuitelly.
[gratuitously] I agree with this...
It is as important and python related as other projects
such as PyPy, Stackless,
but I think this is
I think the python community should be prepared to accept an increasing number
of people who just want to get something done with whatever tools they have
available (windows, mac, .net, etc) and with whatever skills they already
have acquired. For example (having been in this situation before)
Terry Reedy wrote:
[gratuitously] I agree with this...
well, my english is bad. I know!
but I think this is silly. PyPy is an alternate implementation of
Python,
not a different language. Stackless is a compiled extension, like
many
others, that works with the standard implementation or
Peter Hansen wrote:
Doug Holton wrote:
Peter Hansen wrote:
Virtually identical indeed. :-)
As noted on the website that I've pointed out to you multiple times
now, the syntax of boo is indeed virtually identical to python. The
functionality however, is more like C#.
Sadly your second post
Istvan Albert wrote:
Doug Holton wrote:
the syntax of boo is indeed virtually identical to python.
All that boo does is borrows a few syntactical constructs
from python. Calling it virtually identical
is *very* misleading.
The syntax is indeed virtually identical to python. You are yet another
Doug Holton wrote:
Istvan Albert wrote:
Doug Holton wrote:
the syntax of boo is indeed virtually identical to python.
All that boo does is borrows a few syntactical constructs
from python. Calling it virtually identical
is *very* misleading.
The syntax is indeed virtually identical to python.
Hans Nowak wrote:
Regardless of the merits of Boo, this is comp.lang.python, not
comp.lang.boo. The language may *look* like Python, but its inner
workings are nothing like Python, as several people have correctly
pointed out now. (Just like Java's syntax may look like C or C++ in
some
Doug Holton said unto the world upon 2004-12-20 18:45:
Peter Hansen wrote:
Doug Holton wrote:
Peter Hansen wrote:
Virtually identical indeed. :-)
SNIP
I gave such a short answer because the way you framed your questions
and the context of your post made it clear you are a troll. Your reply
here
Michael Hoffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Doug Holton wrote:
Istvan Albert wrote:
All that boo does is borrows a few syntactical constructs
from python. Calling it virtually identical
is *very* misleading.
The syntax is indeed virtually identical to python. You are yet
another person who
[Doug Holton]
...
But I will not be intimidated by the likes of Fredrik Lundh. Trollers
will be held accountable.
Doug, Doug, Doug. Fredrik isn't a troll. He's a Swede. Trolls are Norwegian.
Lighten up, please. Fredrik is usually terse, and sometimes curt
(although Americans seem to have
Terry Reedy wrote:
This I again agree with. I understand that Prothon is also a *different*
though Python inspired
language. Also that it is still under development.
http://www.prothon.org/
All work on Prothon has been halted
(the site is pointing to a new project, Pycs, whose site
Fredrik Lundh wrote:
(the site is pointing to a new project, Pycs, whose site is pointing to a new
project, Spry, the first dynamic language to have all the best capabilities of
Python, Prothon, and C# (actually C-Omega) in one language, on which
work has rarely begun)
How bizarre is it that
Doug Holton wrote:
Do you have financial conflict of interest too like Fredrik?
I suggest you do your homework, and post an apology. Immediately.
/F
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Peter Hansen wrote:
Why? If it's virtually identical, why would anyone bother even
visiting that site? ;-)
But I suspect you mean that the syntax of the language is virtually
identical, while probably there are some significant differences.
Maybe in the richness of its standard library? Or the
Luis M. Gonzalez wrote:
Why? If it's virtually identical, why would anyone bother even
visiting that site? ;-)
The difference is that it runs on the .NET frmework (and Mono).
So instead of using the python standard libraries, you use the .NET
ones.
Regarding its syntax, it is very similar to
Peter Hansen wrote:
Virtually identical indeed. :-)
As noted on the website that I've pointed out to you multiple times now,
the syntax of boo is indeed virtually identical to python. The
functionality however, is more like C#.
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