SPUG: Python/Perl

[Randolph Bentson]

> > On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 07:20:13PM -0700, Asim Jalis wrote:
> > > Gisle Aas mentioned this as a footnote at the last Damianathon: the main
> > > weakness in Python -- lack of modules

> From: "Randolph Bentson" <bentson at grieg.holmsjoen.com>
> > Hmm, this would be interesting, if true.  Perhaps this poor soul meant
> > "not the modules I want", which is an entirely different matter.

On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 10:06:25PM -0700, Richard Anderson wrote:
> Randy, without close inspection I am confident that Perl DBI is much more
> powerful than Python's anydbm/msODBC.

I would not be surprised, given the large community which has helped with
the evolution of Perl.  (Given my modest exposure I've had to SQL, I'm
sure there are nicer interfaces --  and DBI may be one of them.  But if
access to an SQL server is all you need, Python's got it already.)

I was only pointing out the hyperbole in Gisle Aas's claim as reported
by Asim Jalis.  If the claim had been merely "Python lacks the modules
I want and here's how I can get at them", I'd have had no cause to comment.

-- 
Randolph Bentson
bentson at holmsjoen.com

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