Have to try

[Kalle Svensson]

[Ron Johnson]
> On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 19:53:30 -0800 Wayne Pierce <wayne at mishre.com> wrote:
> > Rick Hamilton wrote:
> > > OK - I know I am going to get fried here but - I am out of options. I'm 
> > > a programmer (Java, VB and C++) and am taking a class on Operating 
> > > systems. The nut teaching this course is asking us to do a ton on 
> > > programming in Python. OK -
> > 
> >    You've come to the wrong newsgroup if you want to get flamed, sorry. 
> >   Is the professor a nut because he's using Python?  Or does he go 
> > galloping around the room with two coconut halves talking about swallows?
> 
> Just hypothesizing, but maybe Wayne is casting aspersions upon his
> teacher for using Python in an OS class?  Assemply, C, C++, Fortran, 
> even Bliss, but not Python.

Why?  As long as you're not implementing a real operating system, but
just illustrating principles and trying things out in some sort of
testing scaffold, Python is (IMO, of course) a better choise.
The advantages of Python still apply in OS class.  Low-level
programming should be learned elsewhere.

Peace,
  Kalle
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