standard libraries don't behave like standard 'libraries'

2009-11-12 Thread Sriram Srinivasan
I guess why every programming language has some kind of a 'standard library' built in within it. In my view it must not be called as a 'library' at all. what it does is like a 'bunch of built-in programs ready-made to do stuff'. Lets see what a 'library' does: 1. offers books for customers 1.1

Re: standard libraries don't behave like standard 'libraries'

2009-11-12 Thread Sriram Srinivasan
On Nov 12, 3:56 pm, Diez B. Roggisch de...@nospam.web.de wrote: Sriram Srinivasan schrieb: I guess why every programming language has some kind of a 'standard library' built in within it. In my view it must not be called as a 'library' at all. what it does is like a 'bunch of built

Re: standard libraries don't behave like standard 'libraries'

2009-11-12 Thread Sriram Srinivasan
On Nov 12, 3:56 pm, Diez B. Roggisch de...@nospam.web.de wrote: Sriram Srinivasan schrieb: I guess why every programming language has some kind of a 'standard library' built in within it. In my view it must not be called as a 'library' at all. what it does is like a 'bunch of built

Re: standard libraries don't behave like standard 'libraries'

2009-11-12 Thread Sriram Srinivasan
On Nov 12, 4:35 pm, Diez B. Roggisch de...@nospam.web.de wrote: Sriram Srinivasan schrieb: On Nov 12, 3:56 pm, Diez B. Roggisch de...@nospam.web.de wrote: Sriram Srinivasan schrieb: I guess why every programming language has some kind of a 'standard library' built in within

Re: standard libraries don't behave like standard 'libraries'

2009-11-12 Thread Sriram Srinivasan
On Nov 12, 6:07 pm, Diez B. Roggisch de...@nospam.web.de wrote: ok let me make it more clear.. forget how you use python now.. i am talking about __futuristic__ python programming. there is no more python2.x or python3.x or python y.x releases. there is only updates of python and

Re: standard libraries don't behave like standard 'libraries'

2009-11-12 Thread Sriram Srinivasan
You are describing a lending library, which is not the only sort of library. My personal library doesn't do any of those things. It is just a room with shelves filled with books. how i see is all libraries are libraries, for a personal library you are the only customer and you are the

Re: standard libraries don't behave like standard 'libraries'

2009-11-12 Thread Sriram Srinivasan
So all libraries written have to use the common subset, which - unless things are *removed*, which with python3 actually happened - is always the oldest interpreter. And if a feature goes away, they have to be rewritten with the then common subset. you see that's the problem with py3. instead