First of all, i want to APOLOGIZE for still being here. My posts and their
replies went out of topic and are not contributing for the development of
IronPython.
So, this is my last post here. To anyone who wants to show me my mistakes,
i beg to point another forum where i would gladly reply (or send me an
e-mail).
One thing that i would like to be clear is that i am glad for any effort of
the open source community - does not matter if the sofware is or is not how
i think it should be. I have a strong sympathy for their (yours) works. ;)
"""
For sure, i don´t want nor like a messy language with thousands of features
that would satisfy any randomic newbie wish. I want a compact,
> clean, robust, simple, coerent and friendly language: everything that
Python promissed to be. Of course, such perfect language won´t 100%
satisfy everybody, but then it will be a case of "Love it or leave it".
It is interesting that you claim promises to have all the features you
listed and yet you think it should break those features to be nice to
newbies. As stated what you suggested is a matter of taste, therefore little
long term value for the community.
"""
I know that my english is far from perfect, but i think that my lines above
were of easy understanding. Anyway i will try to explain more. My point is
(and was) that any language that is compact, robust, simple, clean, etc...
is the best thing a newbie (and veterans probably) would like to have. Thus,
there would be no need, nor room neither sense for idiosyncratic annoying
new features. I wrote very clear : *then it will be a case of "Love it or
leave it".* I did not write *then you love it and keep claiminig for new
features*. Of course, i don´t think Python is compact, simple, pythonic,
robust, etc.. as soon as i go a step deep inside it, except, obviouslly,
when compared to C++ for example.
"""
If i understand well, the good developers of the language have too much
work to deal with changes that would fit in the fundamental principles over
wich the language as prototyped (Zen of Python, for example) but are not
indispensable for make a piece of code works. I think that it is a pity
that they are too busy.
I don't think you understood correctly. They won't do what you suggest
because they are too busy but because they don't believe it would add any
value, and since the language already allows you to achieve it, why should
they spend time on it?
"""
My original post here was never about change Python. I was only asking if
the IronPython team, had any project for start a NEW language, more pythonic
than Python, after they finnish their present work.
When i wrote "the good developers of the language" i was NEVER talking about
IronPython team. I was replying an e-mail that used exactly theese words and
referred the "Benevolent Dictator For Life" (strange title, heh ?). And for
all that i read inside and outside python.org i would never spend my time
sugesting anything to them.
The point is not "how i think Python should be by my own concepts". The
point is "how i think Python should be by it's concepts on it's own white
paper (or something like that). Of course, there still room for my
subjectivity, but i think i am being neutral. ( I am talking about the
language in general. I am not insisting about strings operation)..
Specifically answering your question about why should they spend time with
features that don´t add any value since language already allows someone to
achieve a task, i say : EVOLUTION. I mean if the language is more
expressive, less error prone, increases protuctivity, etc., with a new
feature or the extinguishment of an old feature; than this change ADDS SOME
VALUE to the language. If things were not this way you were not talking
about python now, but about C or assembly ( they can do OOP too ) or
straight machine code :p.
Well, as said before, this is my last post here about this matter. I leave
with the same ideas i had when i came.
Thank you all.
Good luck and good work !
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