<DIV><BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: Guido van Rossum <GUIDO@PYTHON.ORG><BR>Date: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 9:42 am<BR>Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] The best way to predict the future...<BR>To: Arthur <AJSIEGEL@OPTONLINE.NET><BR>Cc: kirby urner <KIRBY.URNER@GMAIL.COM>, "edu-sig@python.org" <EDU-SIG@PYTHON.ORG><BR><BR>> On 7/11/06, Arthur <AJSIEGEL@OPTONLINE.NET>wrote:<BR>> > But Kay can't miss the *energy* around the phenomena of <BR>> Python. He<BR>> > wants a piece of that energy.<BR>> <BR>> That's a correct observation, and Kay doesn't hide it. It makes me<BR>> proud that Python has something Smalltalk doesn't have.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>At least that. </DIV>
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<DIV>I of course would have at times killed to find an alternative to Python </DIV>
<DIV>that would accomplish my purposes as well - just on the general principle of</DIV>
<DIV>being good and pissed off.</DIV>
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<DIV>You have yourself to blame that I am still here. </DIV>
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<DIV>Couldn't ;)</DIV>
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<DIV>Art</DIV>
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