[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 1, PEP Purpose and Guidelines

[Greg Ewing]

pinard@iro.umontreal.ca:

> It is more reasonable to always give the real name, optionally
> followed by an email, that to consider that the real name is a mere
> comment for the email address.

Not necessarily -- it depends on your point of view.

I've always thought of the "To:" line as an address,
not a salutation. In other words, an instruction to the
email system as to where to send the message, not the
name of the recipient. Putting a person's name in there
at all seems to me a sop to computer-illiterate wimps
who go all wobbly at the knees when they see anything
as esoteric-looking as an email address. :-)

Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, +--------------------------------------+
University of Canterbury,	   | A citizen of NewZealandCorp, a	  |
Christchurch, New Zealand	   | wholly-owned subsidiary of USA Inc.  |
greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz	   +--------------------------------------+