OT: polyamory (was Re: [OT] Re: Python training time)

Anna revanna at mn.rr.com
Fri Mar 7 18:46:12 EST 2003


On Thu, 06 Mar 2003 13:23:31 +0000, Michael Hudson wrote:

> Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it> writes:
> 
>> Not sure if you've already counted me, but I should point out that MANY
>> advanced Pythonistas are poly -- we're not averse to coding in (e.g.) C,
>> C++, pyrex, Fortran, or other programming languages, as and when the job
>> requires it...
> 
> It's bizarre that at one stage I could claim to know to some degree C,
> C++, Eiffel, Haskell, Python, scheme, Common Lisp and some others that I'm
> probably forgetting.  Nowadays, I only often program in C and Python and
> 90+% of the C is for the Python core.  I do try to keep my CL neurons
> working, but the others have faded quite a lot.  Time to learn a new
> language, I guess.
> 
> Cheers,
> M.

Heh - not until we're done with Europython. That oughta keep you busy for
a while, eh?

Anna




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