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• reverse ('python', 'perl') (Score:1)

  by Ron Savage (5224)

  If that quotation is re-written reversing Perl and Python, is it just as true? If so, it does not give any meaningful reason for switching from Perl to Python...
  • Re: (Score:1)

    by sigzero (5768)

    You could substitute a lot of languages in that equation.
    • where are they then? (Score:2)

      by gabor (1626)

      But I don't seem to see reports on such moves to Perl...

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      • Re: (Score:1)

        by sigzero (5768)

        I don't hear a lot of my friends talking about porn but I know the look at it. : )
        • perl is like porn? (Score:2)

          by gabor (1626)

          Do you mean if you do something everyone must be doing it or that while using Perl we need to abuse people?

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          • Re: (Score:1)

            by sigzero (5768)

            Neither...of course.
  • Re: (Score:1)

    by fireartist (6128)

    The first 2 points could probably be reversed for python => perl, but the 3rd point, no.
    Blender, Maya and SoftImage all support embedded python scripting, so python probably is a 'standard' in the 3D / film industry.
    • Re: (Score:1)

      by chromatic (983)

      As far as I know, there's no "probably" about it. Standardizing on Python (as much as you can standardize on a single language) makes a lot of sense here.
• Technology X (Score:1)

  by Phred (5358)

  'We chose to transition our application from Technology Y to Technology X primary for it's superior meta attribute handling. Technology X has been shown to be better and more effective in programming teams for the standard new model of development. Additionally, most blogs now tout the superior productivity of Technology X programmers, and Technology X application users. "Above all, Technology X provides us with end results that are on average upwards of 50% more shiny than Technology Y given the same pr
  • Re: (Score:1)

    by Phred (5358)

    Sorry for my cynical comment here - had a bad coding day today and took the third class citizen thing personally :-)
• Ignoring the zealotry... (Score:1)

  by Alias (5735)

  ... the one point I would concede is that because Python is easy to embed, it may well be easier to integrate into some of those weird film animation programs.
  
  While I don't know specifics, if their choices came down the raw c, python and say javascript, I'd probably pick Python too.
  
  • Re:Ignoring the zealotry… (Score:1)

    by Aristotle (5147)

    I’d go for Javascript…
    • Re: (Score:1)

      by Alias (5735)

      I wouldn't. JavaScript is ok for a light dusting of scripting over the top of something, but it makes for a hideous language to get any real work done in.
      • Re: (Score:1)

        by Aristotle (5147)

        Really? I was quite delighted to find out how nice it really is when I dove into it in anger a few years ago. To me it feels like a cross of Perl and “something” (which I guess I’d know was Self, if I knew Self), trying to hide behind a C/Java-ish syntax.

        At least it has multiline/-statement closures…
  • Re: (Score:1)

    by slanning (5049)

    Like they said, accessing their C++ libraries is a lot easier in Python. While I'm not familiar with doing that in Python, I'm sure it can't suck as much as in Perl. Or is there some other reason that there are oftentimes no Perl bindings (or ancient and badly supported) for a particular C/C++ library, whereas there are for Python. Is it just that Python is more popular, or that Python as a language matches up better with C++, and nothing to do with the suckiness of XS?

    I wonder myself why they don't use L [wikipedia.org]
    • Lua? (Score:1)

      by ferreira (5993)

      Lua is minimalist. Even though it looks like a wonderful technology for embedded scripting engines, it doesn't have a history of many mature and varied libraries to get you up quickly. It seems like the people at game programming get over it because they really just need the scripting engine and all else is hand-rolled with the game. I don't know if that's the same for film industry.
• job at DreamWorks (Score:1)

  by slanning (5049)

  I remember seeing a Perl job posting at DreamWorks [perl.org]. I thought that would be a sweet job, if only I had computer animation experience. Now it looks like it would be more of a legacy-app maintenance job...