On May 13, 12:24 pm, Dave Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The "Flaming Thunder" looks promising, but without being free > > software, it's unlikely it will create a large developer community, > > specially considering both free general purpose and scientific > > programming languages. > > Perhaps. Flaming Thunder is only $19.95 per year for an individual > (and even less per individual for site licenses), which is less than > the cost of just one book on Python. > > I think that many people will find that Flaming Thunder is easier to > use and understand than Python -- so for many people the amount of > time they save will be worth more than the cost of Flaming Thunder > (unless, of course, their time is worth $0). > > Also, several users have rewritten their Python programs in Flaming > Thunder, and found that Flaming Thunder was 5 to 10 times faster > (Flaming Thunder compiles to native executables). So again, since > many people value their time at more than $0, I think that many people > will find that Flaming Thunder is worth $19.95 per year. > > Plus, me getting paid to work on Flaming Thunder is far more > motivating than me not getting paid to work on Python. This weekend, > Python users will still be debating how to fix awkwardnesses in the > languages (such as FOR loops where you're just counting the loops and > not referencing the loop variable) -- but Flaming Thunder users will > be getting work done using the REPEAT n TIMES constructs that I'll be > implementing. > > Python has been around about 15 years, yet still has those > awkwardnesses. Flaming Thunder has been out less than 6 months and > those awkwardnesses are already getting fixed. The difference: I > can't afford to ignore users. > > But the future is one of the hardest things to predict, so we'll see. > > On May 13, 8:34 am, hdante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On May 13, 10:58 am, Paul McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On May 13, 8:32 am, Dave Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Don't let yourself be irritated by castironpi > > > > > I'm not the sort to get irritated by anyone. There is value in all > > > > interaction. > > > > Not this interaction, I'm afraid. What irritates *me* about > > > castironpi is that he uses a chatterbot to clutter up the threads > > > here. If you go back to his postings from a year ago (and selected > > > ones since), his comments are coherent and sensible. These rambling > > > stream-of-consciousness rants about t.v.'s and coffee are (I guess) > > > his idea of a joke. But they are certainly not worth your time in > > > trying to respond to them. > > > > -- Paul > > > I don't think castironpi so annoying that I should filter its > > messages. It would be enough if he were better tuned. He is much > > smarter than the emacs shrink, for example. :-P > > > The "Flaming Thunder" looks promising, but without being free > > software, it's unlikely it will create a large developer community, > > specially considering both free general purpose and scientific > > programming languages.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - > >
Notice that I said "free software", not "*** FREE *** software !!!! 1!" (that is, free as in freedom, not free as in beer). Read again my answer, considering this. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
