On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 04:53:45PM -0400, Elliot Peele wrote: > On Thu, 2003-04-17 at 16:22, seth vidal wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-04-17 at 16:18, Hattie Rouge wrote: > > > Anyone know why Python was picked for Anaconda? 'purty' is a good > > > enough reason but perhaps there is something more? > > > > Probably a need for an object orientated scripting language that > > performed pretty nicely. And maybe a desire to make a clean break from > > the pre-python installer code. > > > It also would make it easier when porting the installer to different > archs. Lots of Red Hat engineers like Python, so lots of Red Hat tools are written in Python. Those of us that prefer perl are a minority. :) -- Jason Kohles A witty saying proves nothing. email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Voltaire (1694 - 1778) http://www.jasonkohles.com/
