[IronPython] Is any one use IronPython in your project?

Ken Manheimer ken.manheimer at gmail.com
Thu Nov 23 20:28:29 CET 2006


On 11/23/06, Sylvain Hellegouarch <sh at defuze.org> wrote:

> Now before I get flamed again, I repeat that I very much love the work
> done so far by the IP team and I am sure I will enjoy IP as it grows but
> currently for my purpose (although I assume I'm not the only one) the
> current status of the project does not make me feel confident enough to
> support it (well I do support it in some limited areas).

i think the objections are because you seem to be saying (practically
did say) that anyone coming to FePy from CPython and expecting the
standard libraries is going to be disappointed, as you have been, and
that FePy is not ready for such users.

what i learned from frederik and luis' responses is that there may be
some porting effort, but the core provided is solid enough to make
porting/compatibility provisions *possible*, and in some cases, easy
or unnecessary.

this is valuable information, particularly for someone like me who is
interested in FePy, but doesn't have time to explore it and discover
the practical considerations, myself.  so ultimately i'm glad you
spoke up - but have the impression, from the discussion, that you
overstated your case, in a way that could convince some that FePy is
less generally useful than it actually is.

(reading through the thread, i was wishing that both you and frederik
would have gotten less wrapped up in trying to prove the other wrong,
and worked more to identify what the reasons were for the different
perspectives - you both had legitimate reasons for your statements.  i
would then, as a reader, have had to work less hard to wade through
the other stuff and see what the real issues were.)

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ken
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