On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 8:49 AM, John J Lee <j...@pobox.com> wrote: > </troll> > > I still like Python after using it for over a decade, but there are > things I don't like. > > What are your favourite up-and-coming languages of the moment? > > Here's my wishlist (not really in any order): > > * A widely used standard for (optional) interface declaration -- or > something better. I want it to be easier to know what interface an > object has when reading code, and which objects provide that > interface. >
I do miss this sometimes, but pylint takes things far enough for me. > * Lower memory usage and faster execution speed. Yes, this has been a > price worth paying. But I do want jam on it, please: give me a > language where I get most of Python's advantages but don't have to > pay it. > PyPy has quite good speed. Memory use, I'm willing to ignore. > * Better support for writing correct programs in the form of better > support for things like non-imperative programming, DBC, etc. (with > the emphasis on "etc"). > And here I thought Python had pretty good functional programming facilities. What do you miss? AFAIK, DBC in terms of "if condition: raise AssertionError" (or assert). What _is_ the "etc"? > * Perhaps better built-in support for common tasks in common application > domains. Concurrency, persistence, database queries come to mind. > http://wiki.python.org/moin/Concurrency/ For persistence, I tend to use gdbm or the dohdbm I just wrote. But there are at least a few other options. For database queries, why build it in? What's wrong with using a module? > * Better refactoring tools, better code analysis tools (lint, search, > etc.). > I find pylint excellent. My idea of a refactoring tool is vim's n.n.n., but have you looked at PyCharm? > * An even larger user base, contributing more and better free and > commercial software. > Gee, you want a scripting language with a larger userbase? > I'm prepared to compromise on the last one. Obviously, it should do all > that while preserving all the nice features of Python -- surely an easy > task. >
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