I'm a bit surprised by mention of IronPython. I was under the impression that development of IronPython had nearly halted completely. I've been watching Boo (<a href="http://boo.codehaus.org/" title="codehaus.org">http://boo.codehaus.org/</a codehaus.org>), a seemingly superior pythonic language for<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.NET.
Personally, I'm not sure that Python on<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.NET is really a good thing. The absence of a compilation step is part of what makes Python development so rapid and streamlined. The<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.NET platform effectively eliminates that benefit.
I suppose the readability and easier maintenence still make it a winner, but why use a pythonic language on<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.NET when you can just use native python? I suppose it would really only matter if you want or need to interface with other<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.NET libraries... but I think that you could get better performance by finding comperable C libraries and writing python bindings for them. Does anybody out there use a Pythonic language for<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.NET? Is it A Good Thing?
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Posted by: segphault on March 30, 2005 07:06 AMPersonally, I'm not sure that Python on<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.NET is really a good thing. The absence of a compilation step is part of what makes Python development so rapid and streamlined. The<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.NET platform effectively eliminates that benefit.
I suppose the readability and easier maintenence still make it a winner, but why use a pythonic language on<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.NET when you can just use native python? I suppose it would really only matter if you want or need to interface with other<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.NET libraries... but I think that you could get better performance by finding comperable C libraries and writing python bindings for them. Does anybody out there use a Pythonic language for<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.NET? Is it A Good Thing?
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