[Twisted-Python] Soon to be not-a-newbie?
L. Daniel Burr
ldanielburr at mac.com
Fri Jan 25 16:28:29 EST 2008
Hi Darran,
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:10:32 -0600, Darran Edmundson
<darran at edmstudio.com> wrote:
> L. Daniel Burr wrote:
>> Again, good stuff. Which part do you have to leave behind? The part
>> that
>> expects code to execute synchronously, or something else?
>
> I'd guess this is the number one stumbling block. That said, most
> people come to Twisted *precisely because* they want asynchronous
> execution. It's a hard problem, and any reasonably intelligent
> programmer quickly discovers that using Twisted is infinitely easier
> than trying to cobble together a custom solution. There are more than
> enough learning resources available (online tutorials, the book, this
> list, a very helpful irc channel). I suggest ignoring the "twisted is
> hard" crowd ... such people are probably looking for a simple(r)
> solution where none (currently) exists.
>
Well, I certainly agree with the conclusions you have drawn, with the
exception of ignoring the "twisted is hard" crowd. I think there is
value in helping people "get" what Twisted is, because I want to be
able to continue working in an ecosystem where I can say "let's write
a twisted service that does X", and not be shouted down by a team of
developers who say "boo, twisted is too hard, let's go use something,
anything, other than twisted."
Have a good one,
L. Daniel Burr
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