I have been looking into Python for the last two weeks as I may be teaching Python next semester to Freshmen and Sophmore students to do data analysis. I have been searching and learning as I go. The message below was just plain fun to read - it is in some other community - so I could read it and let it go by :)
In general Python seems to be the best and worst of open source - there are tons of extenstions - but very little overall organization. There should be more things like:
Too bad there is no Mac version of the distro. Enough about that - on to the fun snarkiness! Interestingly the person complaining (at the bottom) is complaining much about the same as me - why is there not some quick and easy to use "get me started" distro?
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• Previous message: [Pythonmac-SIG] Mac User Python Newbies • Next message: [Pythonmac-SIG] Mac User Python Newbies • Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] > Open source developers work on whatever they want or need to work on, > so the particular problems you have will get solved when someone with > the time, skill, and motivation to do so decides to scratch that itch. > If you want to speed this process along, you have a few options: > > - Persuade a suitable developer to work on the problem areas you have > (usually with money or a job) > - Fix the problems you have yourself (hey, at least you CAN) > - Deal with it as-is > > .. beggars can't be choosers :) > > -bob [ comment in the context of distribution packages but it applies > to the discussion of IDE chaos as well]. (1) In this business, beggars do choose, and they vote with their feet. If a beginner-friendly IDE is not an interesting problem for cognoscenti, the python foundation (or some such) should step in, or the python community should consider the possibility that the demographics of the development community is in danger of ceding the next generation...Posted by csev at October 27, 2007 10:54 AM