On Nov 19, 9:44 am, Kay Schluehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 17 Nov., 14:46, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Had a unsettling conversation with a CS instructor that > > teaches at local high schools and the community > > college. This person is a long-term Linux/C/Python > > programmer, but he claims that the install, config, and > > library models for C# have proved to be less > > problematic than Python. So both his courses (intro, > > data structs, algorithms) are taught in C#. > > I don't understand this complaint. How does your instructor installs > libraries for C#? When he uses Linux for teaching purposes I assume > his students have little problems typing some shell commands and when > he uses Windows his students might feel comfortable double clicking on > a Windows installer - most likely containing prepackaged binaries. > What have I missed? > > Kay
I think i understand his complaint. Have you ever tried to install a package making use of easy_install? If you have, then you understand this is a real pain in the ass, especially if your internet access requires proxy authentication. The world was easy before easy_install ! Alain -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list