Scripting different
Der Schockwellenreiter hopes for Closures in Python - so do I. Maybe next year? But right now I what I enjoy most about Python is how easy it is to apply it to real problems.
Well, OK… using pyGame to build my own Aliens may not solve any real problems. But it’s fun!
Chris Langreiter built something called Vanilla: it’s another version of the original WikiWikiWeb. He did the first prototype in Python, then re-implemented it as REBOL CGI-scripts - I had to see why, so I installed REBOL, Apache and Vanilla.
But I never really liked to mess with CGI on my workstation… I didn’t get his point until I switched to Vanillean, which runs locally, using itself as a webserver. WikiWay, WayCool!
On a related note, Martin Spernau and Chris have been talking about Ruby lately - I’m intrigued, since I am an old Smalltalk-fan (and enjoy Squeak). So many languages, so little time… I’ll take a look anyway.
VMware has a new product for people who use Linux: VMware Express is only 79$ and lets you run Windows 95 or 98 in a virtual machine.
I use W2K, but want Linux, too - so what I use is VMware Workstation. It’s very nice to have W2K and Linux running simultaneously. Nothing keeps me from trying the same thing in different environments - here is a typical screen dump.
