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From: David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
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Subject: Re: Baby X is bor nagain
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 09:35:21 +0200
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On 25/06/2024 23:42, Michael S wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Jun 2024 19:51:31 +0200
> David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:
> 
>> On 25/06/2024 17:59, bart wrote:
>>> On 25/06/2024 16:12, David Brown wrote:
>>>> On 25/06/2024 17:08, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>
>>>>>> BTW since you and DB are both keen on products like Python,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have never posted anything about python here, that I recall.
>>>>>
>>>>> I use it very infrequently.
>>>
>>> (It seemed to be a big part of that 8Mloc project of yours)
>>>    
>>
>> I got the impression that it was just for some scripting and
>> automation. I'm sure if Python were not available, he could happily
>> have used Perl, or Lua, or Tcl.  I know that's the case for the
>> Python code I often have for build automation.
>>
> 
> I have hard time imagining that anybody could happily use TCL instead
> of Python.

Maybe he wouldn't be /happy/ about it (I know I wouldn't!) but for small 
scripts, you can work in a variety of languages.  Usually all you need 
are decent file handling, good string support, some high-level data 
structures (at least lists and hashmaps), and automatic memory handling.

> 
>> (/I/ have other code for PC and server programs that are in Python,
>> and I don't know of any other languages that would suit my needs and
>> wants better there.  That's why I chose Python.  But I don't remember
>> Scott talking about such code in Python.)
>>
> 
> For just about anything apart from availably of [mostly free] 3rd-party
> libraries and/or of ready-made modules, Ruby is as good or better than
> Python. But Python was lucky to reach critical mass first. By now,
> Python has better docs as well, but that's relatively recent
> development.
> 

I have only looked briefly at Ruby - for some reason it never really 
appealed to me.  There was certainly not enough to make it worth 
learning when I already had Python.  If Python suddenly disappeared, 
however, then it is certainly a language I'd look into as an alternative.