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Re: Results: finished teaching one Dylan course
Edward Jason Riedy wrote:
> And Chris Double writes:
> -
> - [...] the full quote is apparently:
> -
> - "Some people think, for instance, that Dylan--which I think has a
> - very academic flavor--is everything Python is plus so much more."
> - To which the interviewer replies "Dylan? I've never heard of it",
> - which, says Guido, is its problem.
>
> And as of a few months ago, he still doesn't know anything about
> it (at a conference in SF). I recommended that he look into it
> for Py3K ideas, as have others. The ideas floated about Py3K (the
> next overhaul of the language) make it look like it might be a
> single-dispatch version of Dylan without the macros, and without
> the - character allowed in identifiers. The world will eventually
> re-invent Dylan, poorly.
Python or Dylan - it doesn't matter for me. Glue one language with
the best things of both languages. That's what I expect from open
source.
Wolfgang
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