[Python-Dev] a quit that actually quits

[Michael Chermside]

The F-bot writes:
> in reality, some things are carefully thought out and craftily im-
> plemented, some things are engineering tradeoffs made at a certain time,
> and some things are just accidents -- but python-dev will happily defend
> the current solution with the same energy, no matter what it is.

+1 QOTF.

Seriously... I've seen this behavior also, but I haven't ever thought
about it as clearly as Fredrik does here. When we go to answer questions
we ought to pause briefly first and decide which of these categories
applies to a given piece of behavior. I think users will be understanding
if we're honest about what are the accidents -- every language or
software package has some, and just because it's an accident does NOT
mean we should "fix" it.

-- Michael Chermside