Re: when and why did python(-minimal) become essential?
On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 04:37:23PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le samedi 28 janvier 2006 à 12:47 +0100, Wouter Verhelst a écrit :
> > Personally, I'd prefer to throw out perl rather than to add python. Our
> > set of Essential packages is bloated already as it is.
>
> Feel free to rewrite the perl parts of all essential packages in C. I
> think it would be a great improvement nevertheless.
I don't have the time to do this, otherwise I would've done so already.
> > There is a difference between "COBOL on VMS" and "Python vs Ruby".
> > Indeed, there is a very strong following of people programming in
> > Python; but the same is true for Ruby. So why add Python and not Ruby?
>
> Because python and ruby have similar features, and the former is more
> widely spread and used.
I disagree. Ruby has one feature that python does not have: Ruby does
not require you to use a certain specific coding style. Moreover, Ruby
is way more popular in .jp than python is, IIUC.
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