These are probably good for comparison: - https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/javascript/ - https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/python/ - https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/python3/
ECMAScript / Javascript - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECMAScript - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript - ES6 ES6 (ES2015 (ECMAScript 2015)) - Standard: http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/6.0/ - http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/6.0/#sec-additions-and-changes-that-introduce-incompatibilities-with-prior-editions - http://es6-features.org - https://github.com/lukehoban/es6features - https://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es6/ - http://caniuse.com/#feat=es6-class - https://github.com/babel/babel-standalone On Saturday, November 26, 2016, kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I just had shared "sushi train" (conveyor belt actually) with > a an IT chief with Everett School District, far north of here, > during which we discussed whether or not listservs (such > as edu-sig here) are on the decline across the board, having > been replaced with other social media by next generations > of Internet savvy. Do we know that for sure? > > For my part, I'm sure it depends on the subculture. I'm on > a very active listserv around csound, the music synth > language and engine, several posts a day. I'm sure sci.math > is as frantic as ever. > > nbviewer seems to time out quite a bit and I don't think it's > just me. Does the site get overloaded? > > I'm somewhat more likely than not to link directly to the > Github version i.e. the raw source, as here: > > https://github.com/4dsolutions/Python5/blob/master/Comparing%20JavaScript% > 20with%20Python.ipynb > > Shortened: https://goo.gl/jUqIwA > > ...versus feeding the latter through nbviewer. However > the latter does a more thorough job in many cases, so > I find it's worth it when it works. > > The above Notebook was just now lengthened with a > new comparison of ES6 and Python3 function calls. > > Question: will nbviewer accept a shortened URL as > input? > > Answer: no, but you're free to shorten the "nbviewer > + Github URL" combo naturally: https://goo.gl/HtM0NR > > Did you know ES6 is the first edition of JavaScript > wherein what we Pythonistas call default named > parameters and sequence parameters were first > acquired? > > In the above Notebook I extend to another example > showing these features in both, comparing two recipe() > functions. > > One could say Python has two "rest parameters", one > for "positionals," the others for "named". > > Perhaps in Python "keyword parameter" is a little more > correct than "named parameter" as the latter implies > use of = (naming) to give a default value, whereas > as shown in the example, one may have unnamed > parameters to the right of a sequence parameter, > that as a consequence are only reachable with > named arguments. > > Les (the above IT chief), is very familiar with the > Chromebook scene around public schooling in the > state just north of Oregon. I'm likely to venture into > that space pretty soon, as a Portland-based trainer. > > This will be a day job so I'm hopeful I'll be continuing > with the evening gig as "radio show" broadcaster > (a zoom.us-based tele-class). > > Speaking of which, I've been dropping in on some > of Trey Hunners chat sessions after the fact (I've > yet to make it to a live showing). I learned quite > a bit about duck typing in connection abc types > such as Sequence, thanks to this video: > > https://www.crowdcast.io/e/duck-typing > <http://treyhunner.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cdbc9ae7bf54c3dff2773ea2d&id=377dc1d5ad&e=16760d8b0b> > > I'm guessing more people learn about such free > resources from Twitterverse than from listservs these > days, but I don't have hard data. > > I wonder if Python.org keeps any stats on gross > subscriber numbers, posting rates etc. within its > vast Mailman empire: > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo > > Kirby > >
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