NULL mag Issue 03 13 Where are Python BBSes

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· 3 years ago

  

written by xqtr of another droid bbs # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 

if you read the news, you all ready know, that someone has the 
interest to make python bbs server. my first question is, why someone 
haven't done it, all ready? 

although i hate python, i have to admit that it is a very versatile 
programming language, with very big support and libraries. you can 
find any library or program in python except for a bbs server. there 
are some articles in the fsxnet wiki (wiki.bbs.nz) like tutorials on 
how to make one, but nothing as a finished program. 

ok, i am hearing you asking, what good will do one more program of a 
bbs server, written in python. perhaps none, but for sure it wont 
heart the scene either. my opinion is that because python is a well 
known programming language, specially today, among students and 
others, it will probably get the attention of some new people. even as 
a student project, building a program, so versatile, as a bbs program 
is at least a challenge. if i knew python, i will sure, accepted that 
challenge. :) 

i think that a bbs built on python, which has so many potentials, it 
even broad the use and terms of a bbs. in python is so easy to make a 
http server, when in pascal you have to start from zero point. mail 
servers, ftp, encryption, gps libraries, ham radio libraries, complex 
math libraries and more, can make a bbs to be at least something 
amazing. 

for sure, its not for the every day guy and i am not expecting a whole 
bunch of people/programmes to get into that. but this is another 
beauty of python. because its a script language, it can only be 
open-source to the public. if the original developer drop this, 
another one can continue from that point and on or a team can share 
the work and build the application. 

i hope that someone will have the time and knowledge to do this and 
create a new bbs application, which will be based on today's 
technology and use many of the advantages python has to offer. if 
someone makes the first step, i am sure that others will continue. 
competition among programmers and programs, is for sure good for the 
scene and the users and the bbs scene for sure, needs some more 
competition. ;)