[IronPython] IronPython - thread to Python?

[Nick Bastin]

On Aug 26, 2004, at 12:10 PM, Robert Oschler wrote:

> I saw an entry on one of my favorite "news" blogs, Daily Python:
>   
> http://www.pythonware.com/daily/
>  
> On 2004-08-23 Ted Leung had this to say:
>  
> "I think that the threat from IronPython is much worse than the Bill 
> describes. Not only does IronPython have the potential to make 
> scripting on the JVM DOA, it also has the power to destroy Python as 
> we know it."
>  
> This seems a bit melodramatic, doesn't it?

You should definitely read Ted's whole blog, and not just the blurb.  
He makes some good points, and his blog is generally a good read.  He 
makes his living writing code in python, so I wouldn't just write off 
his opinions...

--
Nick