Re: Python Was: [Mldonkey-users] getting frustrated

[Dirk]

Ken Bradshaw wrote:

> Andre Hinrichs wrote:
>
>> when we can expect a next (nearly) stable release. At least there
>> should be an official hotfix release if something strange happened 
>
>
> I think that a lot of this stems from mldonkey using a really
> non-mainstream language, so too few people can contribute.
>
> Especially when the "specifications" of the protocol are... C++ emule
> code. It is difficult to just grab the emule additions and port them
> to mldonkey. (I tried, and while ocalm is quite readable, writing it
> is a whole different game... every little detail is different from
> mainstream languages. And I designed and implemented a functional
> language in my previous work so I am not really a novice on these
> matters)
>
> So, a better situation would be to have mldonkey recoded in a language
> easier to manage for most people, but keeping the good points of ocaml:
>    * Cross platform
>    * Non-"core dumpable", easier to debug (no memory corruptions)
>    * With a GC
>    * Supporting clean coding
> One good candidate is... python.


Python?

I think the language you mean is spelled only with one char... a "C"...
or did you /really/ mean "Phyton"?

Then you're about to replace crap with crap...

Both languages Phyton and ocaml (OCaml? ..whatever) are written for
people who never tried C or for people who are just lousy C programmers
and who want to get their bad written crap desperately to run.. even if
it requires them to switch to an "easier" to handle language that is
more forgiving with /incompetency/ or a hard C learning disablility..
You know.. There is nothing I can do with Phyton or ocaml that I
couldn't do with C and thats every reason why Phyton and ocaml are a
waste of time...

Deal with it.

Dirk