Python Is the Mac OS X of Programming Languages

Tue, 31 May 2005 By Pradeep Gowda

Paul Prescod ruminates On the Relationship Between Python and Lisp .

He also gives succinct theory on why Python came to be a easy to learn/use language without having to sacrifice the power:

Resolve to succeed.
Make the tool feel like an easy tool but provide the hooks to go deep for those who want something more complicated
Talk to users.
Sweat the details.
admit that experienced programmers will have to relearn some things.
admit that you cannot always make all categories equally happy.

At the outset all these points seem to be ‘obvious’. Why wouldn’t anybody not do these things? I guess,the most important point in the above list is sweat the details . More often than not, we take the easier route because it’s already ‘known’ and who wants to do all the plumbing?

Read also his essay on Why I promote Python?

Comments:

Swaroop C H on 2005-06-01 02:30:02 said :
As they say, “the devil lies in the details” :))

P.S. Don’t you ever get tired of tinkering with your site? :P