Article on the future of Python
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wxjmfauth at gmail.com
Wed Sep 26 02:35:39 EDT 2012
Le mercredi 26 septembre 2012 01:34:01 UTC+2, 88888 Dihedral a écrit :
> Grant Edwards於 2012年9月26日星期三UTC+8上午2時25分31秒寫道:
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> > On 2012-09-25, Martin P. Hellwig <martin.hellwig at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On Tuesday, 25 September 2012 09:14:27 UTC+1, Mark Lawrence wrote:
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> > >> I though this might be of interest.
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> > >> http://www.ironfroggy.com/software/i-am-worried-about-the-future-of-python
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> > > I glanced over the article but it seems to me another 'I am afraid
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> > > this is not the silver bullet I wanted it to be' article
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> > Strange. I didn't get that _at_all_ from the article.
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> > To me it was expressing concern about what happens when the range of
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> > "niches" where Python is a good solution falls below a certain
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> > critical mass -- will the "Python Community" start to stagnate because
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> > it isn't attacting new developers in the quantity or diversity that it
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> > --
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> > Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Alright, you!!
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> > at Imitate a WOUNDED SEAL
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> > gmail.com pleading for a PARKING
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> > SPACE!!
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> I don't think so in 201X. The uni-code support for users and clients
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> all over the world should not be taxed by WINTEL only in
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> multi-language support under the OS. I am glad to see a lot smart phones
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> or pads are fostering applications in various languages to help the IT
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> industry keeping growing and expanding to those regeions covered
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> by wirelees digital communications with devices priced in the range
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> 200 to 12000 usd.
Py 3.3 succeeded to somehow kill unicode and it has
been transformed into an "American" product for
"American" users.
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>From nnn:
> ...schools moving towards Python...
I do not know what "schools" covers.
Interestingly (and unfortunately), it just becomes
a no-tool for those who wish to teach Unicode. Or,
in one sense, it just become one!
PS I spent my last days with XeTeX and unicode-math.
jmf
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