Threading through the Tangle

Ben Larrimer:	i just don't know enough to assume that python doesn't have some amazingly important reason for using
Ted Han:	your opinion would be interesting as a lawyer :)
Ted Han:	it doesn't
Ted Han:	i think what they're going for with Python
Ted Han:	is that they want something that is Open Source (so anybody can download the tools needed to run the code)
Ted Han:	and that is interpreted code, so that the code has to be transmitted across the wire, and inspected
Ted Han:	as opposed to compiled code
Ted Han:	which is in an opaque binary format, and not portable from platform to platform
Ted Han:	python is a fairly human readable programming language.
Ted Han:	there are problems and pitfalls which i need to see if this proposal addresses
Ted Han:	things like what happens when programming langauges change/update
Ted Han:	what about embedded code? You can write compiled C code and stick it inside of a python program
Ted Han:	and it'll run on the python interpreter, but you won't be able to inspect the C code.
Ben Larrimer:	honestly.... i think it depends upon the court
Ted Han:	exactly :P
Ted Han:	and i don't trust the courts on tech matters
Ted Han:	i really really don't
Ted Han:	they've screwed the tech community too many times
Ben Larrimer:	you shouldn't. the way even liberal courts have shackled technology isn't shameful, its just stupid
Ted Han:	yeah