From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, FREEMAIL_REPLY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-30 05:59:35 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.onemain.com!feed1.onemain.com!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!206.13.28.144!news.pacbell.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B655B53.8DAD03FC@sneakemail.com> From: Russ Paielli <18k11tm001@sneakemail.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.3-20mdk i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to make Ada a dominant language References: <3B655376.F356E34@sneakemail.com> <9k3k24$emo$1@pa.aaanet.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 06:04:19 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.194.87.148 X-Complaints-To: abuse@pacbell.net X-Trace: news.pacbell.net 996497974 63.194.87.148 (Mon, 30 Jul 2001 05:59:34 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 05:59:34 PDT Organization: SBC Internet Services Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10736 Date: 2001-07-30T06:04:19-07:00 List-Id: Gary Lisyansky wrote: > > "Russ Paielli" <18k11tm001@sneakemail.com> wrote in message > news:3B655376.F356E34@sneakemail.com... > > > > The idea is not to push the syntax "toward the more popular programming > > languages." The idea is to push the syntax toward a cleaner, clearer > > form. That's WHY Python is so popular. > > Python as an application language? I seriously doubt. As a scripting tool > it's definitely superior to Perl, and likely is more popular. But as an > application language it clearly can't compete with Java, C++, VB or Delphi. What the heck are you referring to? Who said anything about Python as an application language? I certainly didn't. I'm only talking about its syntax. Actually, Python is becoming popular among scientists, who are using it as a sort of Matlab-style interactive computational tool. Check out NumPy (numerical Python). Also, heavy-duty number crunchers are using it to "script" their programs. Python is a lot more capable than you think. Russ