Re: New user
Being the culprit who mentioned Python earlier, I'm sorry I can't give you a
very
authoritative or explicit answer regarding the relative
advantages/disadvantages of Python and Euphoria, as I've never attempted to do
anything beyond extremely minimal testing of a Python install on my system.
However, the following may give you a hint:
Python is thoroughly Object-Oriented, networking-oriented, and "massively"
cross-platform - there are supposedly implementations for possibly twenty
different platforms, from "Super-computer" environments to PDA/smart gadgets.
Being OO and open source means that all the "nuts and bolts" are in libraries,
not the core interpreter(s), and there are a gigantic host of these, in various
states of development. This makes for a lot of research and study just to
locate what you need and get it installed and configured. In short, it has a
pretty steep, long learning curve and a constantly moving learning target. All
of the documentation (extensive) I've seen assumes a prior knowledge of
programming principles, and tends to be Unix-oriented (at least to my mind) As
you might suspect the language is regularly found in large scale computing
(government/educational/corporate) environments. It may be advantageous that
there are quite a few employers advertising for Python programmers (usually
with Pearl/CGI/Java/Oracle/etc.)
Guess that's enough off-topic blather about "the competition"; you can find
vastly more info at www.python.org.
Scott Henry wrote:
> Greetings, all. I'm brand new to Euphoria, so please pardon the elementary
> questions you'll receive from me from time to time.
>
> My first question relates to the Python language, which I saw someone
> mention earlier. Briefly, what are the advantages/disadvantages of using Eu
> instead of Python?
>
> Also, is there a Macintosh version of Euphoria in the works at all?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott Henry
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