Poll: What's Your Favorite Programming Language? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: What's Your Favorite Programming Language?

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Post by cbrinke1 » Sat, Mar 24, 2012, 5:18 AM UTC

Sikul wrote: post #336

calpaterson wrote: post #203

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No, he's thinking of Ruby. Puppet and chef.

What is the Python equivalent to Puppet and chef?

bcfg2 I have been using it for a few years now. Have enjoyed it much more than the other similar tools we evaluated: puppet, chef and cfengine

Re: Poll: What's Your Favorite Programming Language?

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Post by cbrinke1 » Sat, Mar 24, 2012, 5:19 AM UTC

Sikul wrote: post #336

calpaterson wrote: post #203

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, he's thinking of Ruby. Puppet and chef.

What is the Python equivalent to Puppet and chef?

bcfg2 I have been using it for a few years now. Have enjoyed it much more than the other similar tools we evaluated: puppet, chef and cfengine

Re: Poll: What's Your Favorite Programming Language?

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Post by aviraldg » Sat, Mar 24, 2012, 5:19 AM UTC

moonchrome wrote: post #382

aviraldg wrote: post #375

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FYI, Python has an automated script for migrating code from Python 2.x to Python 3.x

You should tell Django guys they should be thrilled to hear it.

Django already has a branch with support for Python 3.x. The only reason why they're holding off on deprecating older versions is so that users get enough time to upgrade their systems.

A lot of hosting environments like Google AppEngine still do not support Python 3. The "there's going to be no 2.8" PEP might help that, though. We can only hope.

Re: Poll: What's Your Favorite Programming Language?

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Post by stigt » Sat, Mar 24, 2012, 5:20 AM UTC

No single language is the best for every situation. Know the tools and pick the right one for the problem at hand.

Re: Poll: What's Your Favorite Programming Language?

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Post by ronik » Sat, Mar 24, 2012, 5:21 AM UTC

My favorite language is the one I don't know yet and desperately want to master. Objective C, in my case.

Re: Poll: What's Your Favorite Programming Language?

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Post by abruzzi » Sat, Mar 24, 2012, 5:24 AM UTC

Depends on what you're doing, but favorite implies I enjoy it, which would have to be something that isn't used for work, which would be something Pd/Max for me.

Re: Poll: What's Your Favorite Programming Language?

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Post by batista » Sat, Mar 24, 2012, 5:27 AM UTC

spacemanaki wrote: post #352

aaronblohowiak wrote: post #339

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your parent is suggesting that java does not have a substitute for lambdas.

Which isn't true anyway, since anonymous inner classes are just very verbose and awkward lambdas. (I'm a Java hater but I'm also a horrible pedant)

Horrible as in "no good" pedant?

Because, no "anonymous inner classes" are no lambdas. They are, well, classes kludgily used to mimic a lambda proper.

Re: Poll: What's Your Favorite Programming Language?

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Post by manojlds » Sat, Mar 24, 2012, 5:29 AM UTC

haldean wrote: post #357

Sikul wrote: post #336

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What is the Python equivalent to Puppet and chef?

Fabric comes to mind.

Fabric is more like Cap than Puppet / Chef

Re: Poll: What's Your Favorite Programming Language?

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Post by objectiveJ4Life » Sat, Mar 24, 2012, 5:39 AM UTC

Add Objective-J

Re: Poll: What's Your Favorite Programming Language?

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Post by KC8ZKF » Sat, Mar 24, 2012, 5:49 AM UTC

What? No love for Prolog?