[REBOL] Re: What's wrong with Ruby
From: tim-johnsons:web at: 21-Mar-2007 16:54
On Wednesday 21 March 2007 23:21, Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch wrote:
> On 3/21/07, Tim Johnson <tim-johnsons-web.com> wrote:
> > I use rebol and python about 50/50. Despite what is said in
> > that article, I find python impressively well and thoughtfully designed,
> > but it takes more code than rebol to get things done.
>
> hi tom, did you end up creating a few of the REBOL practical funcs within
> python like I did and reduce code size by a few steps?
Tim here :-). I did where applicable, of course python doesn't work
with symbols....
> select, rejoin, all, any, view layout... come to mind as a few which
> simplified much of my python coding where I used to work.
And extract, first, second, third etc.
<grin> but then I wrote slice functions for rebol.. And a 'yield
function for rebol, which I use extensively.
I've got several python books here. Some make glowing references
to the influence of lisp on python. Personally, I think rebol is much
more influenced by lisp than is python. I believe that what the
writers refer to is the generic function approach, where the behavior
of a python class instance can be modified by a special method which
links to a python function. Example: __repr__ => print.
tj
> -MAx
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Tim Johnson <tim-johnsons-web.com>
Palmer, Alaska, USA
