Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote:
+----[ Chris McDonough ]--------------------------------------------- | This is pretty silly.
I agree, it got silly about 8 hours ago.
I don't think I've ever seen paranoia and religious fervour mixed in quite the same way before. Anyone would think that people think that python is inadequate as a language.
Right; it's more likely the Perlers that do come in (if they will at all!) will learn Python. Legitimate worry 1: If the Perlers *do* come in and *don't* switch to Python soon, we'll run into Zope sites half written in Perl. That may be unpleasant for people to deal with. This is possibly not a big deal; it's unlikely the Perl group will become dominant anyway. This does beg the question why Perl support is put in at all; if the DC people believe this *too*, they're adding a feature that's not even intended to be used as a feature, but is more like a marketing device for Zope. Legitimate worry 2: In order to support Perl, the Zope Python sources will be hacked up and certain new limitations/weirdnesses are introduced. This could be mitigated by *generalizing* the interface with other languages. Not just put in Perl specific patches. Clean interfaces and componentization are the key here. Regards, Martijn