[Fwd: Re: [Uuu-devel] languages] <-- Why Python

[Arich Chanachai]

Mike Meyer wrote:

>Arich Chanachai <macrocosm at fastmail.fm> writes:
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>>Mike Meyer wrote:
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>>>Arich Chanachai <macrocosm at fastmail.fm> writes:
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>>>>These last two points kind of diverge from the point, no?  What I mean
>>>>is that we want to present the argument of why Python is the best
>>>>choice as THE built-in programming language for the revolutionary uuu
>>>>operating system.
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>>>A new operating system shouldn't be picking "THE" built-in programming
>>>language. It should instead be providing mechanisms to allow arbitrary
>>>programming languages to be used wherever they are required. Tying the
>>>users of the OS - or of some application - down to a specific language
>>>is a disservice to the developers and users of that OS or application.
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>>>While Python is an excellent language, and has a nice implementation
>>>for embedding/extending applications, it's not necessarily the best
>>>choice for all problems. You're be doing much better for your users to
>>>allow them to choose the right language for the problem than to
>>>dictate the language that has to be used.
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>>There is no intention to dictate, but instead to provide
>>out-of-the-box, built-into-the-architecture support for a single
>>language or a wide array of languages.  For now, this will begin with
>>a single language and the question is merely which one.
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>Whatever the intentions may be, the *act* is one of dictation. Since
>the point of the underlying OS is to increase the interconnections
>between applications (assuming I've found the correct web page and
>interpreted it correctly), the underlying architecture should be
>language-neutral. That allows as many applications as possible to play
>in the environment.
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>I did this with CORBA (see http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/scripting/ )
>just to show that Unix can play in this arena as well as various
>desktop OS's. Plan 9 provides a much better mechanism that allows any
>programming language that can do file I/O to be used for building
>interconnections.
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>        <mike
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When the CLR is integrated, it will allow a wide array of problem 
solving choices for uuu users.