[Coco] Python on the CoCo 3?

[Jim Hickle]

--- Roger Taylor <operator at coco3.com> wrote:

> At 06:30 PM 5/22/2008, you wrote:
> >Here's something I saw that you guys might think
> about. I haven't 
> >really looked in to it considering I haven't the
> motivation, much 
> >less the hardware to do it on.
> >
> >Who cares about Java... Why not Python?
> >
>
><http://freshmeat.net/projects/tinypy/?branch_id=74524&release_id=278203>
> >
> >-M.
> 
> 
> Hopefully they will either rename the language or
> another will derive 
> from it.  To me the name Python sounds a little
> immature for a 
> language title, just like Ruby which I assume was
> named to attempt to 
> steal some of the Perl audience.  I'm just
> rambling... who knows 
> where these names come from.
> 
> And just to be fair, I'm sure my CCASM assembler
> sounds like an old 
> mid 70's horror film.  :)
> 
> 

Among the languages I've actually used, the best name
is AWK. When you consider my skills as a programmer,
though, a better name might be "ACK!".