Announcing PyCs, a new Python-like language on .Net

[Steve Holden]

David M. Wilson wrote:

> Mark Hahn <mark at prothon.org> wrote in message news:<mailman.2572.1093751093.5135.python-list at python.org>...
> 
> 
>>Please join the PyCs team.  The only effort involved is particpating in a
>>low-traffic, high-content, mailing list.  You will be able to influence the
>>design of the latest and greatest dynamic language. 
> 
> 
> Hi there. What are you trying to achieve? You have yet to complete
> Prothon or even stabilise it for long enough to let me get a good
> overview of it. Might I suggest you take a step back and actually
> think about what you are doing rather than just implementing whatever
> happens to be considered cool today.
> 
Hear, hear.

> Also judging by what I've seen of Prothon and read here, neither of
> your proposed languages are either Python-like or related to this
> group.
> 
Well, I guess you have to try and garner support wherever you can.

> Might I suggest you sit down with a paper and a pen and work out what
> problem you are actually trying to solve, it is starting to get rather
> embarrassing to watch the antics here. At the very least could you
> spell check your postings before sending them.
> 
Yup. One could take an announcement like this from someone like, say. 
Jim Hugunin, who has a solid history of development of complete, working 
systems. The suggestion that this effort might lead to something that 
was "better" that Iron Python is ridiculous given that Prothon appears 
to be merely "sound and fury, signifying nothing".

> There are also much better forums to discuss language development on
> than comp.lang.python. Sorry for the flame, but you really need it.
> 

It could have been a much worse flame and still justified. Mark should 
gratefully take your advice.

regards
  Steve