On Nov 19, 9:57 am, "Chris Mellon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 19, 2007 8:52 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Nov 17, 7:46 am, 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 am a low-end (3-year) journeyman Pythonista, and I > > > was attracted to the language because of its > > > simplicity. And I have come to enjoy the richness of > > > available libraries. > > > > Many of the good people of this NG may be 'too close' > > > to answer, but has Python, as a general devel platform, > > > lost its simplicity ? Is library install too complex > > > and unreliable ? Will my dog go to heaven ? > > > If this professor was only using Windows for his environment, then I > > might be able to understand his argument better. There are many more > > external modules for Python that don't have Windows installers than > > there are with binaries. And I've had more than my fair share of > > broken setup.py files. > > > On the other hand, if all that is needed are the standard libraries, > > than it's a breeze to install Python since they're all included. > > > Mike > > These modules exist, but aren't that common. Certainly anything you're > likely to be using in an introductory compsci course is well packaged. > And even if it's not, it's really not that hard to create packages or > installers - a days work of course prep would take care of the > potential problem.
I stand corrected. Thanks for the clarification. Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list