Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au>: > Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> writes: > >> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 1:24 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@pacujo.net> wrote: >> >> That's Python's job. Abstracting away all those differences so you >> >> don't have to look at them. >> > >> > That's the difference between our opinions: you want Python to work >> > the same on different OS's. I want Python's system programming >> > facilities to closely mirror those of C. >> >> In that case, what you should do is devise an alternative language >> that compiles as a thin layer over C. […] But you don't want a high >> level language, if your greatest goal is "closely mirror C". > > +1. > > Marko, you have many times criticised Python on the basis, > essentially, that it is not some other platform. It's quite > unproductive, and leads only to discussions that are at best > frustrating for all involved. > > If you want a platform that is fundamentally different from Python, > there are plenty available for you. Arguing that Python should be > fundamentally different will not avail us anything good.
I don't. Python *does* provide OS-dependent facilities. Somebody complained about that. I said Python was the way it should be, even though there are signs Python "wants" to become more Java-esque. For example, Python provides the errno module. Its use and meanings can be looked up with man pages. So Python has the great advantage that it *can* be used as a Linux system programming language. And I am. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list