Dialect, A Python derived environment (and language ?)
Phil Hunt
philh at vision25.demon.co.uk
Thu Sep 23 18:21:44 EDT 1999
In article <14313.64297.661308.942021 at gargle.gargle.HOWL>
cgw at fnal.gov "Charles G Waldman" writes:
> Martijn Faassen writes:
> > It's probably an implementation from scratch...
> > It's too close to Python in syntax for this to be an independent
> > development..
> >
> > Of course, they can do whatever they like. :)
>
> Yes, but it sure is tacky! Especially considering that they do not
> credit Python at all.
If yuo ask me (and no-one did, why should they?) Python should be
released under a GPL or LGPL license to stop this sort of thing.
People who take without giving are tacky and should probably be
avoided. Especially when they screw up Python's syntax.
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