8 Feb
2009
8 Feb
'09
7:47 a.m.
On 6-Feb-09, at 12:07 PM, Curt Hagenlocher wrote:
In any event, as several people have suggested, there's basically zero likelihood of Python ever being changed to make colons optional. And there doesn't even have to be a rational basis for that.
I understand the nearly impossible likelihood; entrenched habits are really difficult to change, especially when there seems no obvious gain. The last sentence is very true (even in a broader sense; not limited to language design). It sometimes made me very sad.