On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 23:34:25 -0400, Thomas Gagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Cameron Laird wrote: ><snip> >> >> And now, for something completely different, I'll tender a >> personal view: I think Mr. Gates and Python are actually >> destined to get along uncharacteristically well. Roughly, I >> suspect the habits and motivations of the two are so skew, >> that the usual "embrace and extend" simply won't obtain. I >> soberly expect IronPython to work out well for both Microsoft >> and Python. > >The techweb.com article said something interesting. > >> "Python is an open-source dynamic language; dynamic languages enable >> developers to produce applications more efficiently by reducing the amount >> of complexity in the code they write," Jason Matusow, program manager of >> Microsoft's Shared Source Initiative, writes on his blog. "Microsoft's >> IronPython project demonstrates the benefits of putting the Python dynamic >> language on the .NET Common Language Runtime." > >Assuming (I don't know for certain) that MS's PR approves all messages >that leave the building, I'm wondering if this foray into dynamic >languages doesn't signal something greater on MS' part. While Sun and >Java (and C# for the most part) have remained statically-typed, do you >think IronPython might indicate a new direction for MS language development? If there is to be an MSPython, how long 'til Mozilla FirePython? ;-) Regards, Bengt Richter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
