Why learn Python ??

[Michael Hudson]

claird at lairds.com (Cameron Laird) writes:

> In article <877jzwg1v2.fsf at pobox.com>, John J. Lee <jjl at pobox.com> wrote:
> 			.
> 		[pages of marvelously
> 		precise analysis]
> 			.
> 			.
> >Eiffel: Design by contract.  The book to read is Meyer's "Object-
> > Oriented Software Construction".  Full of interesting stuff, if you can
> > stand his self-importance ;-).
> 			.
> 			.
> 			.
> Mostly I'm writing just to applaud--this post had a lot
> of value to it.  The largest quibble I could find in its
> scores of lines was the failure to mention that *OOSC*
> is valuable reading for OO programmers working in *any*
> language, not just Eiffel.  *OOSC* is like *SICP* in 
> that regards; it towers not just over the competition, 
> but also any apparent limit imposed by its language of
> expression.

I would also say that OOSC is one of those books that's at least as
interesting when it's *wrong* than when it's right.

Cheers,
mwh

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