OpenEuphoria

RE: Eu 'Textbook' Prospects (Was: RE: GOTO - A fresh perspective?)

• Posted by "C. K. Lester" <cklester at yahoo.com> Feb 13, 2002
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Irv Mullins wrote:

> I don't use Python, but I'm planning to do so.
> From what I've seen so far, Python seems to be quite a bit 
> more complete than Euphoria.

>From what I've seen, Python is a pain in the buttocks.

whitespace! pathetic.
indexes start at zero?! {1,2,3}[1] = 2! stupid.
immutability and mutability of certain types? dumb.
http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/pep-0238.html <-- not fun
underscores! awful.
iterators and generators: BLOAT!
At 7MB (just for the download), it better do something worthwhile!
Excellent analysis of Python's flaws, which I'd like to see
  for EUPHORIA, can be found at
  http://www.amk.ca/python/writing/warts.html

> It's more internet-friendly - 

That would be nice. EUPHORIA?! Wake up!

> ftp, mail, http connections are dead simple.

Give it to me, baby!!!

> it's object oriented

Who cares? not me! Don't get me wrong: someday I might care about OO. 
Right now, however, it offers me nothing I need.

> and has a real exception handling mechanism.

That's a good thing. Right?

> It is interactive, so you can try out
> code snippets from the command line.

A nice convenience.

> If runs on Linux, Windows, DOS, OS/2, Mac, Amiga, maybe others.

Major plus here.

> You can see for yourself http://python.org

It's also FREE.

I'm not convinced that it's "better" than EUPHORIA. Maybe as an idea, 
you can explain (or point me to opinions) how programming Python apps 
for MS Windows would be easier/better/more efficient.