Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 246, redux

2005-01-14 Thread Carlos Ribeiro
t;) so often that they evolved specific terminology. Let's > hope it doesn't take OOP many centuries to accept that both "stricto > sensu inheritance" (Liskovianly-correct) AND "lato sensu inheritance" > are needed to do _our_ jobs!-) Good point! -- Carlos R

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 246, redux

2005-01-13 Thread Carlos Ribeiro
the correct answer. +1, specially for the last sentence. An adapter with local state is not an adapter anymore! It's funny how difficult it's to get this... but it's obvious once stated. -- Carlos Ribeiro Consultoria em Projetos blog: http://rascunhosrotos.blogspot.com blog: htt

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 246, redux

2005-01-12 Thread Carlos Ribeiro
er, and allows to write much shorter & cleaner code. Some balance is needed. -- Carlos Ribeiro Consultoria em Projetos blog: http://rascunhosrotos.blogspot.com blog: http://pythonnotes.blogspot.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 246, redux

2005-01-12 Thread Carlos Ribeiro
at puts some control on the hands of the programmer - as long it does not stand in the way between him and the problem - is good. -- Carlos Ribeiro Consultoria em Projetos blog: http://rascunhosrotos.blogspot.com blog: http://pythonnotes.blogspot.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: [Python-Dev] re: 2.4 news reaches interesting places

2004-12-17 Thread Carlos Ribeiro
suring. As far as the slogan is concerned - I still stand for my proposal, but I don't know if anyone has registered it first... I fear it is, it sounds strangely familiar. But I hope not. p.s. Can someone imagine a Microsoft senior executive saying that "C# is now faster because

Re: [Python-Dev] re: 2.4 news reaches interesting places

2004-12-17 Thread Carlos Ribeiro
raw execution performance, but only to be fast; but in this sense, being "fast enough" is the same as being "fast". So, I would never say, "Python allows you to write fast enough code in a short time"; I would say "Python allows you to

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: Re: 2.4 news reaches interesting places

2004-12-12 Thread Carlos Ribeiro
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 20:36:45 -0500, Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 12:32, Carlos Ribeiro wrote: > > > For those who believe that a non-profit project should not do any > > marketing, a reminder. If the perception about Python is one of a

Re: [Python-Dev] The other Py2.4 issue

2004-12-12 Thread Carlos Ribeiro
is not to require recompiling, at least inside the same major release (2.4 to 2.5, for example). That would be really great. -- Carlos Ribeiro Consultoria em Projetos blog: http://rascunhosrotos.blogspot.com blog: http://pythonnotes.blogspot.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: Re: 2.4 news reaches interesting places

2004-12-12 Thread Carlos Ribeiro
ause that's where the money is. I personally take it a matter of personal interest, because I know how hard it is to "sell" Python to companies here in Brazil. -- Carlos Ribeiro Consultoria em Projetos blog: http://rascunhosrotos.

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: Re: 2.4 news reaches interesting places

2004-12-12 Thread Carlos Ribeiro
ot;, or even "site:docs.python.org". Usually Google does a good job at ranking pages, and if it doesn't rank the main Python website very highly, it's because they're not being referred to. A campaign to ask people to put links back to the canonical documentation

Re: [Python-Dev] Deprecated xmllib module

2004-12-06 Thread Carlos Ribeiro
nclude the "Deprecated Modules Reference" in the standard distribution, but make it available as a separate download. -- Carlos Ribeiro Consultoria em Projetos blog: http://rascunhosrotos.blogspot.com blog: http://pythonnotes.blogspot.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: [Python-Dev] Deprecated xmllib module

2004-12-05 Thread Carlos Ribeiro
d the documentation, perhaps more effective than writing the deprecation warning on the top of the page. My half-a-cent. -- Carlos Ribeiro Consultoria em Projetos blog: http://rascunhosrotos.blogspot.com blog: http://pythonnotes.blogspot.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __