 | | | Sorting collections | Sorting collections 2004-04-01 - By Rick Walia
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Quoting kim aldis <kim@(protected)>:
> Evangelist. ;-)
hehe. I was just busting chops :-). Since Guy is quite busy these days, somebody
has to speak up for python!
> The reason for suggesting perl is that the readdir call is fast as hell,
> even on large directories. I use it for building clip lists in render
> picture directories and it beats the pants off anything windows can do.
I suppose you are right. In the past I would just use shell scripts and/or perl
for system management, these days I'm doing almost all in python.
Last year when I was building some flocking tools, I was working with Active
Python on Windows. While I agree Perl is very powerful, the code can look
cryptic
at times especially with funky expressions. I was concerned that my code would
be
difficult to follow 6+ months down the road by me or anyone else in the
production.
Getting up and running with Perl for a new user can take some time as well.
Someone else elegantly put it "It is usually the l33t that still choose to work
in perl." I'm not l33t, I just need to get my work done :-P
I choose python for ease of learning, readabilty and its power of course.
# Beautiful is better than ugly.
# Explicit is better than implicit.
# Simple is better than complex.
# Complex is better than complicated.
# Flat is better than nested.
# Sparse is better than dense.
# Readability counts.
# Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
# Although practicality beats purity.
# Errors should never pass silently.
# Unless explicitly silenced.
# In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
# There should be one -- and preferably only one -- obvious way to do it.
# Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
# Now is better than never.
# Although never is often better than right now.
# If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
# If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
# Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those
taken from http://www.python.org/dev/culture.html
I'm done preaching and it's time I get back to work!
/R
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