Python vs. C#

Brandon J. Van Every vanevery at 3DProgrammer.com
Tue Aug 12 04:57:48 EDT 2003


Doug Tolton wrote:
>
> I've used C# full time for over two years.  Finally I got disgusted
> with it and swtiched my entire company over to Python.
>
> Python:
> -Internally consistent, cleanly designed, to the point of being
> beautiful
> -Dynamic typing is amazing
> -First class functions (try mimicking that in C# - ha)
> -Tuple unpacking is a god send
> -List types are the cats meow
> -Dictionaries are blazingly fast
> -using metaclasses and the magic methods gives you amazing power and
> flexibility
> (this is just the beginning of a long list)

In your "Python pros" list, you didn't name any kind of Windows system
interface component at all.  What kind of Python development on Windows are
you actually doing?

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Brandon Van Every               Seattle, WA

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