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Interview: Mark "Markey" Kretschmann (Not the Gentoo Weekly News)Interview: Mark "Markey" Kretschmann (Not the Gentoo Weekly News)Posted Feb 8, 2008 23:13 UTC (Fri) by zooko (subscriber, #2589)In reply to: Interview: Mark "Markey" Kretschmann (Not the Gentoo Weekly News) by tjc Parent article: Interview: Mark "Markey" Kretschmann (Not the Gentoo Weekly News)
disclaimed: I'm biased towards Python. Ruby may be a better language. Or it may not be -- I'm not entirely sure. But Python has a richer library of mature tools. This is the deciding factor for me, currently when I choose to start a new coding project. I don't just mean the Python Standard Library, although it is good. I mean also the CPython interpreter, and the many, many mature, high-quality, well-tested open source Python tools out there such as the Twisted framework, and, well, just too many to name. See http://pypi.python.org for starters, or just type "<PROGRAMMING TASK YOU WANT TO DO> Python" into google. Note that part of the reason for this cornucopeia is Python's long tradition of re-using C/C++ code instead of rewriting it into Python code. Also, of course, the several mature, high quality tools to ease and automate re-use of C/C++ code. ;-) Regards, Zooko
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Interview: Mark "Markey" Kretschmann (Not the Gentoo Weekly News) Posted Feb 9, 2008 0:32 UTC (Sat) by njs (subscriber, #40338) [Link] > Also, of course, the several mature, high quality tools to ease and automate re-use of C/C++ code. Indeed. Ctypes is amazing, and Pyrex, a revelation.
Interview: Mark "Markey" Kretschmann (Not the Gentoo Weekly News) Posted Feb 9, 2008 14:57 UTC (Sat) by Cato (subscriber, #7643) [Link] Of course, Perl's CPAN library of modules is still far larger than either Python or Ruby's - and with Perl 6 it should be easier to use such Perl modules from other languages. It's not just the existence of libraries with Perl, it's being able to type 'cpan -i Useful::Module' on any Linux or Windows box - or in the case of Ubuntu/Debian the most useful ones are already packaged. I think some other languages are doing this as a result of Perl's success with CPAN - the Python Package Index (PYPI link) is a good example.
Interview: Mark "Markey" Kretschmann (Not the Gentoo Weekly News) Posted Feb 9, 2008 17:45 UTC (Sat) by zooko (subscriber, #2589) [Link] Yes, these are some of the most exciting parts of the Python world to me right now:
These were certainly inspired by CPAN and by Ruby's "rake" tool.
Interview: Mark "Markey" Kretschmann (Not the Gentoo Weekly News) Posted Feb 11, 2008 14:26 UTC (Mon) by smitty_one_each (subscriber, #28989) [Link] http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Python/Cookbook/ bears mention
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