[Python-Dev] Internal representation of strings and Micropython (original) (raw)

Daniel Holth dholth at gmail.com
Wed Jun 4 13:35:28 CEST 2014

Can of worms, opened. On Jun 4, 2014 7:20 AM, "Chris Angelico" <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 9:12 PM, Paul Sokolovsky <pmiscml at gmail.com> wrote: > An alternative view is that the discussion on the tracker showed Python > developers' mind-fixation on implementing something the way CPython does > it. And I didn't yet go to that argument, but in the end, MicroPython > does not try to rewrite CPython or compete with it. So, having few > choices with pros and cons leading approximately to the tie among them, > it's the least productive to make the same choice as CPython did.

I'm not a CPython dev, nor a Python dev, and I don't think any of the big names of CPython or Python has showed up on that tracker as yet. But why is "be different from CPython" such a valuable choice? CPython works. It's had many hours of dev time put into it. Problems have been identified and avoided. Throwing that out means throwing away a freely-given shoulder to stand on, in an Isaac Newton way. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html ChrisA

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