[Edu-sig] re: Does edu-sig extend to Jython
Arthur
Arthur" <ajs@ix.netcom.com
Tue, 20 Aug 2002 19:28:59 -0400
Kirby writes -
>Whatever the solution, it shouldn't add the overhead of slower
>speed. As a user, I don't want a programmer bending over
>backwards to accommodate my ignorance of programming, at the
>price of giving me slow-moving bloatware ala some Microsoft
>products.
Agreed. I'm figuring that whatever I do in the initialization routines
will manifest itself, in the worst case, as a second or two at
start-up. The update cycles - where the performance does really count -
needs to be quite free of this kind of isinstance, or switch/case, or
whatever.
>Why would you feel different about your user if it were a Java
>app? Don't you want the same freedoms to pass parameters in
>any order, no matter what the language? Just curious.
I tried to make that clear, and think it goes to the bottom of why I feel
confident that I am in the right place with Python for what I am trying
to do. To me "immediate mode" with dynamic typing versus compile cycle
with static typing should be recognized as two very different
experiences, with very different needs. I guess I consider myself
as to be trying to build an SUI - script users interface. There are very
specific and compelling (to me) reasons that I don't want to go too
far toward either the GUI side, or the API side.
Art