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I don't really agree with

On June 12th, 2008 Sephi (not verified) says:

I don't really agree with you Hans.
First of all, I think the way Python limits the "liberty" of programming is more a good thing than a bad one. The "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it" philosophy is great because you know you'll be able to understand any code you find on the internet, which, I think, is very important (especially when you use open source programs). With a philosophy of "There is more than one way to do it" (I believe it's the Ruby philosophy but maybe I'm wrong), it becomes harder to read code from the others and adapt it. Of course, with the Python philosophy you're forced to follow some rules and it could be a little disconcerting at first sight. Another thing that makes Python powerful compared to Ruby is the availability of lots of libraries.

About webprogramming, I don't agree that the whole webprogramming is a mess. If it wasn't so flexible (separating HTML from SQL from javascript and PHP), the web would be as monolithic as some OS are (I let you guess which OS I'm talking about). Combining all these technologies into a unique product would kill the freedom of choosing every brick of the wall you're building. But I agree with you that putting together these technologies is sometimes a big mess. When programming in javascript, I've always got the feeling that what I'm doing is not clean. Same thing with PHP, which is a pretty dirty language, compared to Python.

If you're interested in Python, you should try the Django framework which is by far the best web framework I've ever used.

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