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IMO he has a negative effect on the Python community. When he asks a question, he doesn't try to understand how Python is designed and let people think that the Python design just sucks (which is wrong, Python design is great! Python is the best language!).</div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Out of curiousity, I googled Anatoly and python-ideas and this thread[1] seems a useful example. His suggestions seem intended to help, he provided some code examples, and made only a handful of posts in support of his idea (receiving a few negative responses). At times his English was rough, but without going into the merits of his ideas - would an approach where you encourage him to publish his ideas on PyPI or Github give him an outlet for his energy?</div>
<div><br></div><div>It seems to me his philosophy clashes with that of python-dev, perhaps his batteries are a different size than those included in Python, but I'd like to see this community be inclusive rather than exclusive, even at the expense of a few added mail filters by the core team.</div>
<div><br></div><div>My-two-cents'ly,</div><div><br></div><div>John.</div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="http://code.activestate.com/lists/python-ideas/15529/">http://code.activestate.com/lists/python-ideas/15529/</a></div>
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