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<p>On 1/9/17 8:31 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 10:25 PM, Simon Lovell <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:simon58500@bigpond.com"><simon58500@bigpond.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Python Reviewed
Having used a lot of languages a little bit and not finding satisfactory
answers to these in some cases often asked questions, I thought I'd join
this group to make a post on the virtues and otherwise of python.
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<pre wrap="">I think this thread belongs on <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:python-list@python.org">python-list@python.org</a>, where you'll
find plenty of people happy to discuss why Python is and/or shouldn't
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I think this is the only reasonable response to this posting on this
mailing list.<br>
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Simon: quoting from the Python-Ideas info page: "This list is to
contain discussion of speculative language ideas for Python for
possible inclusion into the language." Your comments, while
interesting, don't make specific proposals for changes to Python.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:python-list@python.org">python-list@python.org</a> is good for general discussion. If you do
intend to make specific proposals, you'll have to put a lot more
work into them. Proposals should be focused and specific; one
thread with a dozen ideas makes discussion impossible.<br>
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It helps to understand the language and its history. Many of your
reactions to Python have been expressed many times before, so there
are well-documented discussions and rationales for Python being the
way it is. Doing some research beforehand can save you some work.<br>
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Finally, backward compatibility is a serious consideration.
Proposals containing new keywords, for example, are nearly
impossible to get approved.<br>
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Welcome to the community,<br>
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--Ned.<br>
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