Re: Code/test ratio wrt static vs dynamic typing [was: Re: Python Success stories]

2008-05-20 Thread greg
Someone wrote: I'm just curious whether this argument against dynamic typing - that you end up doing the job of a static compiler in test code - holds in practice. I suspect that, although some of the things caught by the tests would be caught by static typing, the very *same* tests are also ca

Re: Code/test ratio wrt static vs dynamic typing [was: Re: Python Success stories]

2008-04-30 Thread MRAB
On Apr 30, 10:47 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > A rather off-topic and perhaps naive question, but isn't a 1:4 > > production/test ratio a bit too much ? Is there a guesstimate of what > > percentage of this test code tests for things that you would get for > > free in a statically typed language

Re: Code/test ratio wrt static vs dynamic typing [was: Re: Python Success stories]

2008-04-30 Thread cokofreedom
> > A rather off-topic and perhaps naive question, but isn't a 1:4 > production/test ratio a bit too much ? Is there a guesstimate of what > percentage of this test code tests for things that you would get for > free in a statically typed language ? I'm just curious whether this > argument against

Code/test ratio wrt static vs dynamic typing [was: Re: Python Success stories]

2008-04-29 Thread George Sakkis
On Apr 29, 2:25 pm, Fuzzyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are around 30 000 lines of Python in the production code and > about 120 000 lines of Python code in the test framework. A rather off-topic and perhaps naive question, but isn't a 1:4 production/test ratio a bit too much ? Is there a

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-29 Thread Fuzzyman
On Apr 22, 11:25 am, azrael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hy guys, > A friend of mine i a proud PERL developer which always keeps making > jokes on python's cost. > > Please give me any arguments to cut him down about his commnets > like :"keep programing i python. maybe, one day, you will be able t

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-25 Thread Aahz
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, azrael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Which big aplications are written in python. YouTube -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ Why is this newsgroup different from all other newsgroups? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-25 Thread Bob Woodham
On 2008-04-24, Istvan Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 23, 2:08 pm, Bob Woodham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> x = x++; >> >> has unspecified behaviour in C. That is, it is not specified >> whether the value of x after execution of the statement is the >> old value of x or one plus the

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-25 Thread Bob Woodham
On 2008-04-24, AlFire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob Woodham wrote: > >> >> x = x++; >> >> has unspecified behaviour in C. > > what about C++ To the extent that (historically) C++ was a superset of C, it was true of C++ as well. However, I haven't kept pace with the C++ standardization proces

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-23 Thread Gabriel Genellina
En Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:43:56 -0300, Paul Boddie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: On 23 Apr, 11:12, Mark Wooding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gabriel Genellina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Because Python doesn't follow the "boxed variables" model. Be careful here. `Boxed types' or `boxed objects'

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-23 Thread Istvan Albert
On Apr 23, 2:08 pm, Bob Woodham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > x = x++; > > has unspecified behaviour in C. That is, it is not specified > whether the value of x after execution of the statement is the > old value of x or one plus the old value of x. unspecified means that the result could be anyt

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-23 Thread AlFire
Bob Woodham wrote: x = x++; has unspecified behaviour in C. what about C++ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-23 Thread Jon Ribbens
On 2008-04-23, Mark Wooding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Python is actually one of the few to define one but not the other. (The > other one I can think of is Acorn's BBC BASIC, for whatever that's > worth; it too lacks `++'.) You should've added it in Termite Basic then :-p -- http://mail.python

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-23 Thread AlFire
Cristina Yenyxe González García wrote: 2008/4/23, Reedick, Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: IIRC, Python is used in games like Eve Online (SciFi MMO) and Vampire: Bloodlines (RPG.) Years later, a dedicated fan is still fixing/updating the Bloodlines python scripts that control the dialogue and scr

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-23 Thread Bob Woodham
On 2008-04-22, Paul Hankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 22, 5:50 pm, Jérémy Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Sure. Python is more readable than Perl, though I have found Python >> to have a weird behavior regarding this little issue : >> >> How can you explain that Python doesn't support

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-23 Thread cokofreedom
Civilisation 4 uses Python everywhere and is the main tool used by Modders of the game. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-23 Thread Cristina Yenyxe González García
2008/4/23, Reedick, Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > IIRC, Python is used in games like Eve Online (SciFi MMO) and Vampire: > Bloodlines (RPG.) Years later, a dedicated fan is still fixing/updating > the Bloodlines python scripts that control the dialogue and scripted > events. > Now that you m

RE: Python Success stories

2008-04-23 Thread Reedick, Andrew
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:python- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of azrael > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 6:26 AM > To: python-list@python.org > Subject: Python Success stories > > Hy guys, > A friend of mine i a proud PERL developer which always keeps making >

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-23 Thread Paul Boddie
On 23 Apr, 11:12, Mark Wooding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gabriel Genellina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Because Python doesn't follow the "boxed variables" model. > > Be careful here. `Boxed types' or `boxed objects' is a technical term > essentially meaning `heap-allocated objects, probably

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-23 Thread Philipp Pagel
azrael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A friend of mine i a proud PERL developer which always keeps making > jokes on python's cost. There is only one sane way to deal with this situation: You need a common enemy. Java comes to mind ;-) cu Philipp -- Dr. Philipp Pagel Lehrstuhl f. Genomori

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-23 Thread Mark Wooding
Gabriel Genellina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Because Python doesn't follow the "boxed variables" model. Be careful here. `Boxed types' or `boxed objects' is a technical term essentially meaning `heap-allocated objects, probably with reference semantics', which Python most definitely does use

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Steve Holden
Roy Smith wrote: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Challenge him to a dual with dead kippers at twenty paces. You gotta be careful about stuff like this. You might slap him with a dead kipper only to discover he's got a dead camel in his pocket. Of c

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Roy Smith
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Challenge him to a dual with dead kippers at twenty paces. You gotta be careful about stuff like this. You might slap him with a dead kipper only to discover he's got a dead camel in his pocket. Of course, there's alway

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Steve Holden
Ben Finney wrote: Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Challenge him to a dual with dead kippers at twenty paces. Please, have some dignity! Challenge him to a duel with live kippers. Live, *rabid* kippers. With frickin' laser beams on their heads. I like your style. Though considerin

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Ben Finney
Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Challenge him to a dual with dead kippers at twenty paces. Please, have some dignity! Challenge him to a duel with live kippers. Live, *rabid* kippers. With frickin' laser beams on their heads. -- \ "A man's only as old as the woman he feels."

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Steve Holden
Nikita the Spider wrote: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, azrael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Which big aplications are written in python. I see its development, But i can't come up with a big name. I know that there are a lot of companys using python, but is there anythong big written only in p

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Steve Holden
azrael wrote: Hy guys, A friend of mine i a proud PERL developer which always keeps making jokes on python's cost. Please give me any arguments to cut him down about his commnets like :"keep programing i python. maybe, one day, you will be able to program in VisualBasic" This hurts. Please give

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread dimitri pater
http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/whatisgoogleappengine.html 2008/4/22 Ivan Illarionov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 22 апр, 14:25, azrael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [] > > > This hurts. Please give me informations about realy famous > > aplications. > > What do you mean by "really famous

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Ivan Illarionov
On 22 апр, 14:25, azrael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [] > This hurts. Please give me informations about realy famous > aplications. What do you mean by "really famous"? Information is here: http://www.python.org/about/quotes/ Are YouTube and Google famous enough? -- Ivan -- http://mail.pytho

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Mike Hansen
On Apr 22, 3:25 am, azrael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hy guys, > A friend of mine i a proud PERL developer which always keeps making > jokes on python's cost. > > Please give me any arguments to cut him down about his commnets > like :"keep programing i python. maybe, one day, you will be able to

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Gabriel Genellina
En Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:50:54 -0300, Jérémy Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > Sure. Python is more readable than Perl, though I have found Python > to have a weird behavior regarding this little issue : > > How can you explain that Python doesn't support the ++ opeator, > whereas at the same t

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Carl Banks
On Apr 22, 12:50 pm, Jérémy Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sure. Python is more readable than Perl, though I have found Python > to have a weird behavior regarding this little issue : > > How can you explain that Python doesn't support the ++ opeator, > whereas at the same time it does support

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Paul Hankin
On Apr 22, 5:50 pm, Jérémy Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sure. Python is more readable than Perl, though I have found Python > to have a weird behavior regarding this little issue : > > How can you explain that Python doesn't support the ++ opeator, > whereas at the same time it does support

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Jérémy Wagner
Sure. Python is more readable than Perl, though I have found Python to have a weird behavior regarding this little issue : How can you explain that Python doesn't support the ++ opeator, whereas at the same time it does support the += operator ??? No python developer I know has been able to answ

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread s0suk3
On Apr 22, 5:25 am, azrael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hy guys, > A friend of mine i a proud PERL developer which always keeps making > jokes on python's cost. > > Please give me any arguments to cut him down about his commnets > like :"keep programing i python. maybe, one day, you will be able to

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread D'Arcy J.M. Cain
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:35:47 -0700 (PDT) GHUM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Which big aplications are written in python. I see its development, > > There are no big applications written in Python. > > Big applications are written in JAVA or COBOL or C# or other legacy > programming systems. > >

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Gabriel Genellina
En Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:34:48 -0300, Diez B. Roggisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > azrael schrieb: >> A friend of mine i a proud PERL developer which always keeps making >> jokes on python's cost. >> >> Please give me any arguments to cut him down about his commnets >> like :"keep programing i

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread GHUM
> Which big aplications are written in python. I see its development, There are no big applications written in Python. Big applications are written in JAVA or COBOL or C# or other legacy programming systems. If you programm in Python, your applications become quite small. Only frameworks in Pyth

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Istvan Albert
On Apr 22, 6:25 am, azrael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A friend of mine i a proud PERL developer which always keeps making > jokes on python's cost. > This hurts. Please give me informations about realy famous > aplications. you could show him what Master Yoda said when he compared Python to Pe

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Paul Melis
azrael wrote: Which big aplications are written in python. I see its development, But i can't come up with a big name. I know that there are a lot of companys using python, but is there anythong big written only in python. I want him to fuck of with his perl once and for all time Not really "bi

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Carl Banks
On Apr 22, 6:25 am, azrael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hy guys, > A friend of mine i a proud PERL developer which always keeps making > jokes on python's cost. > > Please give me any arguments to cut him down about his commnets > like :"keep programing i python. maybe, one day, you will be able to

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread George Sakkis
On Apr 22, 6:34 am, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > azrael schrieb: > > > Hy guys, > > A friend of mine i a proud PERL developer which always keeps making > > jokes on python's cost. > > > Please give me any arguments to cut him down about his commnets > > like :"keep programing i p

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
azrael a écrit : Hy guys, A friend of mine i a proud PERL developer which always keeps making jokes on python's cost. s/proud/stupid/ Please give me any arguments to cut him down about his commnets like :"keep programing i python. maybe, one day, you will be able to program in VisualBasic" T

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Wesley Brooks
http://panela.blog-city.com/python_at_google_greg_stein__sdforum.htm Google big enough? ...or look at the companies on the "NASA uses Python... ...so does:" box on the top (nearly top any how!) right of http://www.python.org/ On 22/04/2008, azrael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Which big aplicatio

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Max M
azrael skrev: Please give me any arguments to cut him down about his commnets like :"keep programing i python. maybe, one day, you will be able to program in VisualBasic" When I started writing in Python in the nineties there was a lot of tech-media coverage of Perl. Python was always mention

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Marco Mariani
azrael wrote: Please give me any arguments to cut him down about his commnets like :"keep programing i python. maybe, one day, you will be able to program in VisualBasic" This hurts. Please give me informations about realy famous aplications. He's joking. Perl is a dysfunctional language and

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
azrael schrieb: Hy guys, A friend of mine i a proud PERL developer which always keeps making jokes on python's cost. Please give me any arguments to cut him down about his commnets like :"keep programing i python. maybe, one day, you will be able to program in VisualBasic" This hurts. Please gi