[Python-Dev] http://bugs.python.org/issue231540

[Mark Lawrence]

On 23/07/2010 23:26, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> Is there any money to pay for the forthcoming 10th birthday party for
> this issue? Is the OP still alive?
>
> Kindest regards.
>
> Mark Lawrence.
>

Hi all,

I admit that when I sent this off last night, I felt rather better after 
for having let off a bit of steam.  Whatever, but in future, could you 
all please be so kind as to take this with a supertanker's worth of 
salt, I don't really mean it.  To repeat myself for those who are not 
aware, I have long term physical and mental health problems.  Thinking 
about it, by definition there must be others using Python who are in the 
same league as myself.  I do sympathise.

I have to admit that this morning I was rather afraid of reading my 
email, I thought I was going to get a right slagging, and deservedly so. 
  I have been absolutely staggered by the responses that I've received, 
some of them offline, but I don't think that matters at all.

They're all along the lines of:-
"great job Mark, keep your chin up, keep plugging"
"Thanks, I'd forgotten that one, I'll get it fixed"
And so on, and so forth.

Nobody has been at all really negative.  I think that this is a 
tremendous way of saying what a wonderful community Python is, long may 
it be that way.  So at least when I rant, everyone to my knowledge sees 
it as a positive rant, if you can understand that.  Perhaps those who 
frequent c.l.py will understand the negative rants, which fortunately 
come from a very small minority of people.

How can I sum up what I think about Python, that's fairly easy. 
www.python.org is bookmarked as Home Sweet Home, can I say any more? 
Thank you all for your kindness, and please note that I've again been 
plugging away today and rather enjoying myself.

Kindest regards.

Mark Lawrence.

p.s. I don't know much about baseball, but did have a rather wonderful 
chat at my nephew's wedding last September in Conneticut.  Uncle George 
(who's claim to fame is allegedly providing the optics for a little bit 
of kit called the Hubble Space Telescope) spent 20 minutes with myself 
discussing baseball compared to cricket.  He was baffled by the fact 
that 11 players can have so many fielding positions in cricket, but we 
got there in the end.  More importantly, the aerodynamics of the two 
balls were of particular interest.  How sad can you get?