Things I like (about)

Asterisk

  • Consistency in design of various subsystems.
  • Extensible design.
  • Multiple ways to modify and reprogram it without changing a single line of code.
  • Open source.

Python

  • Very compact syntax (quick to learn, hard to forget).
  • No superfluous built in commands or syntax.
  • No need to compile.
  • Commonly used high level data structures are built into the language.
  • Programming can be done extremely quickly (and it just seems to work).

C

  • High level enough to get things done.
  • Close enough to the machine level to write device drivers and build efficient applications.

Open Source.

  • Community.
  • It seems with open source the market comes to you instead of the other way around. (I.e. you're not marketing a product. Others will find your software if it's useful.)
  • It works. And if it doesn't you can fix it.
  • You can learn from it.

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