Re: Does IronPython indicate MS interest in dynamic languages?

2005-04-06 Thread Scott David Daniels
Bengt Richter wrote: If there is to be an MSPython, how long 'til Mozilla FirePython? ;-) Mexico has already designed the flag for that, I think. --Scott David Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Does IronPython indicate MS interest in dynamic languages?

2005-04-06 Thread Simon Brunning
On Apr 6, 2005 5:25 AM, Mike Rovner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sun abandoned dynamic approach (Tcl) in favor of Java. Sun appear to be very interested in dynamic languages these days: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/12/08/DynamicJava -- Cheers, Simon B, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://ww

Re: Does IronPython indicate MS interest in dynamic languages?

2005-04-06 Thread Ola Natvig
Bengt Richter wrote: If there is to be an MSPython, how long 'til Mozilla FirePython? ;-) Regards, Bengt Richter 'Reclaim your runtime' I can't wait... -- -- Ola Natvig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> infoSense AS / development -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/py

Re: Does IronPython indicate MS interest in dynamic languages?

2005-04-06 Thread Bengt Richter
On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 23:34:25 -0400, Thomas Gagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Cameron Laird wrote: > >> >> And now, for something completely different, I'll tender a >> personal view: I think Mr. Gates and Python are actually >> destined to get along uncharacteristically well. Roughly, I >> susp

Re: Does IronPython indicate MS interest in dynamic languages?

2005-04-05 Thread Mike Rovner
Thomas Gagne wrote: Assuming (I don't know for certain) that MS's PR approves all messages that leave the building, I'm wondering if this foray into dynamic languages doesn't signal something greater on MS' part. While Sun and Java (and C# for the most part) have remained statically-typed, do y

Does IronPython indicate MS interest in dynamic languages?

2005-04-05 Thread Thomas Gagne
Cameron Laird wrote: And now, for something completely different, I'll tender a personal view: I think Mr. Gates and Python are actually destined to get along uncharacteristically well. Roughly, I suspect the habits and motivations of the two are so skew, that the usual "embrace and extend" simp