Yes, I definitely believe that it has some good cross-platform properties. Object orientation was one of the techniques I used to make Python platform independent.

If you're talking about Java in particular, Python is about the best fit you can get amongst all the other languages. Yet the funny thing is, from a language point of view, JavaScript has a lot in common with Python, but it is sort of a restricted subset.

Yes, I definitely believe that it has some good cross-platform properties. Object orientation was one of the techniques I used to make Python platform independent.

There was a project at Lawrence Livermore National Labs where many years ago they went down this path for scripting and controlling very large numerical calculations.

The second stream of material that is going to come out of this project is a programming environment and a set of programming tools where we really want to focus again on the needs of the newbie. This environment is going to have to be extremely user-friendly.

If you decide to design your own language, there are thousands of sort of amateur language designer pitfalls.

Mark Hammond is working in this area, with Windows Scripting Host. It is definitely an area where Python fits almost perfectly. That's quite independent from Java, actually.

I have this hope that there is a better way. Higher-level tools that actually let you see the structure of the software more clearly will be of tremendous value.

I would guess that the decision to create a small special purpose language or use an existing general purpose language is one of the toughest decisions that anyone facing the need for a new language must make.

Now, it's my belief that Python is a lot easier than to teach to students programming and teach them C or C++ or Java at the same time because all the details of the languages are so much harder. Other scripting languages really don't work very well there either.

In my daily work, I work on very large, complex, distributed systems built out of many Python modules and packages. The focus is very similar to what you find, for example, in Java and, in general, in systems programming languages.

My own perception of that is somewhat colored by where people ask my advice, which is still, of course, about changes to Python internals or at least standard libraries.

Python is an experiment in how much freedom programmers need. Too much freedom and nobody can read another's code; too little and expressiveness is endangered.

Collaboration is the best way to work. It's only way to work, really. Everyone's there because they have a set of skills to offer across the board.

It's a very competitive thing, pro sports. The hardest thing in pro sports is staying up there.

Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls.

I've really never written about my relationships, or things like that. I wouldn't want to divulge things that were too private.

Saying no to loud people gives you the resources to say yes to important opportunities.

Innovation is a good thing. The human condition - put aside bioterrorism and a few footnotes - is improving because of innovation.

I've been doing pranks my whole life, so I guess I'm pretty good at it.

Every record I have done was because I was a person's friend. The only time we did not continue to be friends was if the record did not become a hit. If it did, we became great friends.

For almost 20 years, I've reported on some amazing feats of athleticism for ESPN. But the one thing that stood out, game after game, is that it takes a team to win. When I got cancer, that lesson got personal. And Team Livestrong became my team.

Always remember, the future of all of our tomorrows will be reflected by how we react to the mediocrity and apathy of others today.

At the end of October 4 in 1957, when I was coming back from sea duty in the South Pacific, Sputnik went up. I realized that humans would be right behind robot aircraft or spacecraft even though I really had no plans of being in aviation or a professional aviator and certainly not in the military.

Humankinds constant effort to fix its shortcomings is what drives human history.

A cage that allows someone to walk around inside of it is still a cage.

Film is an emotional medium its not a logical medium. Its not an intellectual medium so every decision you make as a filmmaker and an actor has to be emotional in some way even in the rejection of logic.

Anger, if used properly, might be for a cause, like helping feed children or stopping abuse somewhere. When we understand that every quality has importance and value, then we open up to this. Shining a light on these shadow qualities gives it balance.

Lots of times I'll play lead and rhythm together.

There are a bunch of songs that I think are beautiful recordings, and I'm proud of them, but I've no interest in listening to them.

Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless and irregular, about this earth doth run and ride. He knows he hath a home, but scarce knows where; He says it is so far, that he has quite forgot how to go there.

I am a bit biased. I co-chair the campaign effort of George W. Bush.

I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world.

To be given the opportunity to help shape new artists' careers and mentor them to see their dreams come to fruition is a task I welcome with open arms.

Whether you're a man or a woman, you should get the same degree of healthcare from our VA.

I like a guy who is confident and easy-going, but a man who's a man, not a man who is a little boy. I like a man who is comfortable with himself.

Our tradition calls for a commitment to accountability. This is not an assumption - this is a promise that I will be there for you; and I can count on you being there for me.