Python as a language almost fit for Inquisitive computing:
(I think Python is one of the best ones for such purpose).
Bye,
bearophile
(I think Python is one of the best ones for such purpose).
Bye,
bearophile
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Re: Inquisitive computing
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<41264be6-3dae-4ca3-ab6f-aba20130a0c1@l4 2g2000hsc.googl egroups.com>,
bearophileHUGS@ lycos.com wrote:
Heh - language problem. At first I read "almost fit for" asPython as a language almost fit for Inquisitive computing:
"almost satisfactory for". Looking at the link and your next
comment I think you meant "is almost a perfect fit for".
Yes, I've done a lot of "inquisitiv e computing" in Python -
it's excellent for that sort of thing.
If you look at the end of the article you see the author
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(I think Python is one of the best ones for such purpose).
agrees (I don't quite follow his complaint about not feeling
at home with the interactive mode, but it's funny to read about
how he uses Lisp but realizes he's not going to talk people
into that...)
--Bye,
bearophile
David C. Ullrich
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Re: Inquisitive computing
David C. Ullrich:That well know author thinks Python is almost fit, but not quite (noIf you look at the end of the article you see the author
agrees (I don't quite follow his complaint about not feeling
at home with the interactive mode, but it's funny to read about
how he uses Lisp but realizes he's not going to talk people
into that...)
rationals, he seems to not like imports, and he wants optional types,
and native compilation performance too, etc), and I think he likes
Scheme a lot (not right CLisp). You may want to take a look at the
article to see if I am right.
Bye,
bearophile
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Re: Inquisitive computing
On Aug 13, 4:29 pm, bearophileH...@ lycos.com wrote:He didn't mention a debugger, which Python does have. But inDavid C. Ullrich:
>>If you look at the end of the article you see the author
agrees (I don't quite follow his complaint about not feeling
at home with the interactive mode, but it's funny to read about
how he uses Lisp but realizes he's not going to talk people
into that...)
That well know author thinks Python is almost fit, but not quite (no
rationals, he seems to not like imports, and he wants optional types,
and native compilation performance too, etc), and I think he likes
Scheme a lot (not right CLisp). You may want to take a look at the
article to see if I am right.
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Bye,
bearophile
mentioning Python he didn't distinguish between the live interpreter
console and executing a script. Also, the idea of language-
independent editor isn't explored; they're too closely coupled.
(Except maybe Bloodshed Dev, which has a Tools menu, you can customize
to say \python\python %curfile%.)
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