From steve at adam.com.au Tue Jun 3 12:18:59 2008 From: steve at adam.com.au (stephen white) Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 19:48:59 +0930 Subject: [sapug] Google AppEngine... python? Message-ID: OK, I might be the troll that Daryl says that I am, but this: http://blog.neontology.com/posts/2008/04/17/google-app-engine is running on Google's AppEngine, which is Python. Or is it? You'll have to read to find out! Steve. PS. Yes... yes, it is. PPS. No, you didn't have to read it to find out, but there's no suspense in that one! PPPS. Very interesting article anyway! My favourite language is so obscure that you don't know why it kicks your arse. :) -- steve at adam.com.au From dt-sapug at handcraftedcomputers.com.au Tue Jun 3 13:00:13 2008 From: dt-sapug at handcraftedcomputers.com.au (Daryl Tester) Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:30:13 +0930 Subject: [sapug] Google AppEngine... python? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4845243D.5070806@handcraftedcomputers.com.au> stephen white wrote: > http://blog.neontology.com/posts/2008/04/17/google-app-engine > > is running on Google's AppEngine, which is Python. Or is it? You'll > have to read to find out! It reads like someone whose introduction to Python was via Google's AppEngine. *) He makes the Tab mistake that you're warned about in most Python tutorials (i.e. don't use them, your editor may have different tab stops). *) He seems to confuse Django's templating mechanism for Python. *) "Python anachronisms for declaring attributes" - no, that's Google's mechanism. Etc. -- Regards, Daryl Tester "A long time ago, I stopped thinking that 'User must click OK to scary-looking message' was any sort of road bump for malware." -- Valdis Kletnieks From steve at adam.com.au Tue Jun 3 13:17:41 2008 From: steve at adam.com.au (stephen white) Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 20:47:41 +0930 Subject: [sapug] Google AppEngine... python? In-Reply-To: <4845243D.5070806@handcraftedcomputers.com.au> References: <4845243D.5070806@handcraftedcomputers.com.au> Message-ID: <63CB2F83-D294-4E6E-B47C-1BD8D052E701@adam.com.au> On 03/06/2008, at 8:30 PM, Daryl Tester wrote: > It reads like someone whose introduction to Python was via Google's > AppEngine. Yep. I was more impressed with the link to Sinatra, the Ruby DSL for webapps. -- steve at adam.com.au