[Python-Dev] a slightly more coherent case

[gvwilson@nevex.com]

HI, Ken; thanks for your mail.

> In general, it seems that there are some places where a programming
> language implementation should not be on the leading edge, and this is
> one.  I think we'd have to be very confident that this new division
> sign (or whatever) is going to be in ubiquitous use, on everyone's
> keyboard, etc, before we could even consider making it a necessary
> part of the standard language.  Do you have that confidence?

I wouldn't expect the division sign to be on keyboards. On the other hand,
I would expect that having to type a two-stroke sequence every once in a
while would help native English speakers appreciate what people in other
countries sometimes have to go through in order to spell their names
correctly...

:-)

Greg