Re: New project coming up...stay with Python, or go with a dot net language??? Your thoughts please!

2005-10-05 Thread Bugs
Another page with up to date IronPython information: http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/workspace.aspx?id=ad7acff7-ab1e-4bcb-99c0-57ac5a3a9742 Cameron Laird wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, spiffo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > . > . >

Re: New project coming up...stay with Python, or go with a dot net language??? Your thoughts please!

2005-10-05 Thread adDoc's networker Phil
On 10/4/05, Cameron Laird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:   Python IS "a dot net language" http://ironpython.com/ >. . that is the site it was born at; but microsoft has actively adopted it here: IronPython 0.9.2 (9/22/2005) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2C

Re: New project coming up...stay with Python, or go with a dot net language??? Your thoughts please!

2005-10-04 Thread Cameron Laird
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, spiffo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: . . . >I am a corporate developer, working for a single company. Got a new project >coming up and wondering if I should stay with Python for this new, fairly >la

Re: New project coming up...stay with Python, or go with a dot net language??? Your thoughts please!

2005-10-04 Thread Istvan Albert
> It has many similarities, but also some fundamental differences, > considered "almost" a static python lol, if that is your definition of 'almost' then your statement is correct -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: New project coming up...stay with Python, or go with a dot net language??? Your thoughts please!

2005-10-04 Thread Luis M. Gonzalez
> that Boo isn't enough like Python to > be a kind of Python - not necessarily a criticism, though, but an > observation. This is correct. I completely agree with you and I'm not saying that boo is python. Again, I just said that it could be considered "almost" a static python implementation for .

Re: New project coming up...stay with Python, or go with a dot net language??? Your thoughts please!

2005-10-04 Thread Paul Boddie
Luis M. Gonzalez wrote: > So, we can safely say that Boo is "almost" a static python > implementation. Wether you like or not, is another problem, but please, > do not insist with your reiterative anti-boo ranting. I can't comment on Boo beyond the documentation's description of the language, but

Re: New project coming up...stay with Python, or go with a dot net language??? Your thoughts please!

2005-10-04 Thread Luis M. Gonzalez
If you read again my comment, I said "almost" an static version of Python for .NET. That means that it's not a Python implementation, but another language. It takes a lot from python though, and it is aknowledeged by its creator in the first paragraph of its homepage. And if you still feel the nee

Re: New project coming up...stay with Python, or go with a dot net language??? Your thoughts please!

2005-10-04 Thread D H
Istvan Albert wrote: > Disclaimer: this is not a flame against Boo. > > It just boggles my mind that a language that describes itself as > "python inspired syntax" keeps being touted as: > > >>Luis M. Gonzalez wrote: >>Boo (which could be considered almost an static version of Python for .NET) >

Re: New project coming up...stay with Python, or go with a dot net language??? Your thoughts please!

2005-10-04 Thread Paul Boddie
Lasse Vågsæther Karlsen wrote: > While Microsoft and other big software vendors might have a roadmap > that ties you very tightly in with their budget, and also changes that > roadmap from time to time which breaks your current software, a lot of > open source projects have no roadmap at all. > > T

Re: New project coming up...stay with Python, or go with a dot net language??? Your thoughts please!

2005-10-04 Thread Istvan Albert
Disclaimer: this is not a flame against Boo. It just boggles my mind that a language that describes itself as "python inspired syntax" keeps being touted as: > Luis M. Gonzalez wrote: > Boo (which could be considered almost an static version of Python for .NET) Boo is *nothing* like a static ve

Re: New project coming up...stay with Python, or go with a dot net language??? Your thoughts please!

2005-10-04 Thread Benji York
Luis M. Gonzalez wrote: > If not Ironpython, Boo (which could be considered almost an static > version of Python for .NET) would be a great choice. You could also use Python for .Net (http://www.zope.org/Members/Brian/PythonNet). -- Benji York -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-l

Re: New project coming up...stay with Python, or go with a dot net language??? Your thoughts please!

2005-10-04 Thread Luis M. Gonzalez
> Boa Constructor, Iron Python etc... it seems all these projects get started, > but never finished. I don't know Boa (never liked it, never used it), but you could try PythonCard: much higher level, easier and more productive. As for Ironpython seems to be moving full steam towards a stable relea

Re: New project coming up...stay with Python, or go with a dot net language??? Your thoughts please!

2005-10-04 Thread Peter Decker
On 10/3/05, spiffo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am a corporate developer, working for a single company. Got a new project > coming up and wondering if I should stay with Python for this new, fairly > large project, are jump back on the 'safe' M$ bandwagon using a dot net > language? Cross platfo

Re: New project coming up...stay with Python, or go with a dot net language??? Your thoughts please!

2005-10-04 Thread Lasse Vågsæther Karlsen
Ok, when re-reading my post it seems that I'm saying that Python has no roadmap. That was not my intent. I meant projects other than Python, even though the problems I got with 2.4.2 is real, I suspect there's something in Komodo that is the problem since I can run all my python programs with 2.4.2

Re: New project coming up...stay with Python, or go with a dot net language??? Your thoughts please!

2005-10-04 Thread Lasse Vågsæther Karlsen
While Microsoft and other big software vendors might have a roadmap that ties you very tightly in with their budget, and also changes that roadmap from time to time which breaks your current software, a lot of open source projects have no roadmap at all. This means that a .x.y.2 upgrade might very

Re: New project coming up...stay with Python, or go with a dot net language??? Your thoughts please!

2005-10-04 Thread Max M
spiffo wrote: > The Main Issue in a nutshell > > I am a corporate developer, working for a single company. Got a new project > coming up and wondering if I should stay with Python for this new, fairly > large project, are jump back on the 'safe' M$ bandwagon using a dot net > language? Hehe ...

Re: New project coming up...stay with Python, or go with a dot net language??? Your thoughts please!

2005-10-03 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 09:01:37 -0500, spiffo wrote: > The Main Issue in a nutshell > > I am a corporate developer, working for a single company. Got a new project > coming up and wondering if I should stay with Python for this new, fairly > large project, are jump back on the 'safe' M$ bandwagon us

Re: New project coming up...stay with Python, or go with a dot net language??? Your thoughts please!

2005-10-03 Thread Rob Cowie
Perhaps with the time saved by using Python instead of C# or some such, you could help to improve adodbapi.py, ensuring support for the next version of MS SQLServer, although that might be of little help in the short term. Just a thought. Also, have a gander at http://www.object-craft.com.au/proje

Re: New project coming up...stay with Python, or go with a dot net language??? Your thoughts please!

2005-10-03 Thread D H
spiffo wrote: > Ok, I LOVE python, so that is not the issue, but, I am getting very worried > about it's growth. I recently re-visted the web looking at alot of projects > I assumed would be up and running by now from over a year ago, such as Boa > Constructor, Iron Python etc... it seems all these

New project coming up...stay with Python, or go with a dot net language??? Your thoughts please!

2005-10-03 Thread spiffo
The Main Issue in a nutshell I am a corporate developer, working for a single company. Got a new project coming up and wondering if I should stay with Python for this new, fairly large project, are jump back on the 'safe' M$ bandwagon using a dot net language? Cross platform is NOT an issue, but C