Re: [Python-Dev] Persistent Python - a la Smalltalk

2011-09-17 Thread Ethan Furman
Albert Zeyer wrote: I was thinking about a persistent Python interpreter system. python-dev is for developing the next version of Python (3.3 at this point). Questions like this should go to python-list or python-ideas. ~Ethan~ ___ Python-Dev mail

Re: [Python-Dev] Persistent Python - a la Smalltalk

2011-09-17 Thread Guido van Rossum
[BCC python-dev, +python-ideas] Funny you should mention this. ABC, Python's predecessor, worked like this. However, it didn't work out very well. So, I'd say you're about 30 years too late with your idea... :-( --Guido On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 8:05 AM, Albert Zeyer wrote: > Hi, > > I was thinki

[Python-Dev] Persistent Python - a la Smalltalk

2011-09-17 Thread Albert Zeyer
Hi, I was thinking about a persistent Python interpreter system. I.e. you start a Python interpreter instance and you load and create all your objects, classes and code in there (or load it in there from other files). The basic idea is that you wont restart your Python script, you would always mo