Re: Django in Boo

2006-03-06 Thread Eugene Lazutkin
Hans-Christian Holm wrote: > My first reaction to Django was "hey, this looks nice, maybe it could be > ported to Boo, my favourite language at the moment?" On second thought, I'd > rather see Django run on IronPython. You could use Boo with that, if you > wanted to. I would be very

Re: Django in Boo

2006-03-06 Thread Hans-Christian Holm
izeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Django users" <django-users@googlegroups.com> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 11:45 PM Subject: Django in Boo > > Hi. I'm just starting to use Django and I'm loving it. > > Don't you think it would be great i

Re: Django in Boo

2006-03-05 Thread Tom Tobin
On 3/5/06, gabor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> def f(y): > ... x = y * 3 > ... return x + y > ... > >>> f(5) > 20 > >>> f('_django_') > '_django__django__django__django_' > >>> > > you know...this whole 'static typing' thing is a little a double-edged > sword, isn't it? :)) You

Re: Django in Boo

2006-03-05 Thread gabor
wizeman wrote: > Jeremy Dunck wrote: >> IronPython -is- Python, runs on .Net, and is coming along nicely. > > Yes, IronPython is also cool. You know when you look at something and > you say - wow, this is a great idea and it would be great if everyone > realizes that? I had that feeling with

Re: Django in Boo

2006-03-04 Thread Luke Plant
On Saturday 04 March 2006 05:12, wizeman wrote: > Think about it. Python was an esoteric language in the beginning. And > Boo isn't that esoteric, it can be thought of as an extension to the > Python syntax. > And virtually all .NET libraries can be used in Boo, it runs on the > .NET/Mono

Re: Django in Boo

2006-03-03 Thread wizeman
Jeremy Dunck wrote: > IronPython -is- Python, runs on .Net, and is coming along nicely. Yes, IronPython is also cool. You know when you look at something and you say - wow, this is a great idea and it would be great if everyone realizes that? I had that feeling with Python right away, but only

Re: Django in Boo

2006-03-03 Thread Jeremy Dunck
On 3/3/06, wizeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok, I was thinking more in an academic perspective instead of a > real-world one. > > Think about it. Python was an esoteric language in the beginning. And > Boo isn't that esoteric, it can be thought of as an extension to the > Python syntax.

Re: Django in Boo

2006-03-03 Thread wizeman
Ok, I was thinking more in an academic perspective instead of a real-world one. Think about it. Python was an esoteric language in the beginning. And Boo isn't that esoteric, it can be thought of as an extension to the Python syntax. And virtually all .NET libraries can be used in Boo, it runs

Re: Django in Boo

2006-03-03 Thread Eugene Lazutkin
wizeman wrote: > > I think one of the big advantages is the static typing feature. It's > great, because if you change a variable or method name (or type) in one > of your classes, and forget to change the method calls in other > classes, the error(s) would be caught at compile-time instead of >

Re: Django in Boo

2006-03-03 Thread Jeremy Dunck
On 3/3/06, Tom Tobin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Err, knock yourself out porting it if you want (as it's BSD licensed > after all), but I don't think you'll see many of us jumping to switch > from Python anytime soon. ;-) That's a much more measured response than my initial one (which I was

Re: Django in Boo

2006-03-03 Thread Eric Walstad
On Friday 03 March 2006 14:45, wizeman wrote: > If you don't know Boo, here are some of the main features: > > - Python-like syntax > - Power of static typing with the ease-of-use of type inference > - It's compiled, so type mismatches are caught right after changing > something > - It runs on

Re: Django in Boo

2006-03-03 Thread Tom Tobin
On 3/3/06, wizeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. I'm just starting to use Django and I'm loving it. > > Don't you think it would be great if Django was ported to Boo ( > http://boo.codehaus.org/ ) ? Err, knock yourself out porting it if you want (as it's BSD licensed after all), but I don't

Django in Boo

2006-03-03 Thread wizeman
Hi. I'm just starting to use Django and I'm loving it. Don't you think it would be great if Django was ported to Boo ( http://boo.codehaus.org/ ) ? If you don't know Boo, here are some of the main features: - Python-like syntax - Power of static typing with the ease-of-use of type inference -