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Re: Rexx Article on NewsForge
Posted on 5-Jul-2005 16:35:19
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Interesting article, but the author might want to take a second look at Python. He seems to be convinced that Python is purely object oriented, and Python users are OO fiends. It is not only possible to write non-OO, procedural code in Python, but it is quite common for a lot of scripting. Unfortunately, correcting this oversight would mean the autho can't claim Rexx as being the only language that's easy to learn and capable of doing both procedural and OO programming.
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Re: Rexx Article on NewsForge
Posted on 5-Jul-2005 17:39:46
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| He seems to be convinced that Python is purely object oriented, and Python users are OO fiends. It is not only possible to write non-OO, procedural code in Python, but it is quite common for a lot of scripting. |
I also cannot really follow the reasoning of this article. In my opinion Python is the much better language, because it *can* actually be OO, although it doesn't *need* to be OO. I've written a lot of Python programs that are not OO (most of them in fact)
I never really liked REXX at all, I only used it because it was the standard scripting language on the Amiga. Python is better, in every respect, and much more powerful as well.
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Re: Rexx Article on NewsForge
Posted on 5-Jul-2005 18:25:20
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How to write in python an archive handle module for i.e. Dopus Magellan or a simple script for AWeb that handle e-mail address and pass it to Yam ?
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Re: Rexx Article on NewsForge
Posted on 5-Jul-2005 18:28:33
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| . Python is better, in every respect, and much more powerful as well. |
? ??
How to write in python an archive handle module for i.e. Dopus Magellan or a simple script for AWeb that handle e-mail address and pass it to Yam ?
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Re: Rexx Article on NewsForge
Posted on 5-Jul-2005 19:55:57
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What does that have to do with the language? With the proper AREXX module (i.e. the proper support routines) there is no problem with that.
The article (and my comment) is about the REXX language, not the AREXX implementation. AmigaPython had a fitting module to be AREXX compatible, but the IPC mechnisms in AREXX are just an extension to the language, and like any Application (for example YAM or AWEB) the Python interpreter can also be made AREXX-aware.
As a language, Python is miles ahead of AREXX. If you ever tried the 're' module in Python and try to achieve the same thing in AREXX, you know what I am talking about. And as soon as you try to realize a larger project (i.e. something that does more than just pass a mail address from AWeb to YAM) you'll see that Python is much more maintainable.
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Re: Rexx Article on NewsForge
Posted on 7-Jul-2005 18:02:37
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Power of Amiga is its flexibility in configuration. Arexx is 100% sufficient here IMHO.
Most of Arexx programs are small in size (not a large projects !) and designed for small particular purpose.
And this is Arexx power: Ease of learning and ease of use.
Simplicity rules !
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Re: Rexx Article on NewsForge
Posted on 7-Jul-2005 18:13:35
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| And as soon as you try to realize a larger project (i.e. something that does more than just pass a mail address from AWeb to YAM) you'll see that Python is much more maintainable. |
Power of Amiga is its flexibility in configuration. Arexx is 100% sufficient here IMHO.
Most of Arexx programs are small in size (not a large projects !) and designed for small particular purpose.
And this is Arexx power: Ease of learning and ease of use.
Simplicity rules !
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