On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 2:39 AM, Gour <g...@atmarama.net> wrote: > On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:36:28 -0500 > Mike Alexander <m...@umich.edu> wrote: > >> Python is popular now, but will it be in 10 years? I've seen >> lots of languages come and go. > > That's true, but I bet it will be more popular than Scheme for sure. > > Moreover, we can speculate what will happen with GTK+ in 10 years, but > let's make GC more approachable *today*. ;)
Well said. We do things all the time (drive cars, fly in airplanes) that have a small, but non-zero, probability of a bad outcome. We just try to make smart bets, on a risk/benefit basis. I think choosing Python for this application is in that category. /Don > > Sincerely, > Gour > > > -- > A self-realized man has no purpose to fulfill in the discharge > of his prescribed duties, nor has he any reason not to perform > such work. Nor has he any need to depend on any other living being. > > http://atmarama.net | Hlapicina (Croatia) | GPG: 52B5C810 > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel