[Python-Dev] [OT] Re: email package status in 3.X

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:05:46 +1000
Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:13:34 am Tres Seaver wrote:
> 
> > > I guess tutorial welcome, rather than patch welcome then ;)
> >
> > The only folks who can write the tutorial are the ones who have
> > already drunk the koolaid.  Note that I've been making my living with
> > Python for about twelve years now, and would *like* to use Python3,
> > but can't, yet, and therefore haven't taken the first sip.
> 
> You emphatically say you would "like" to use Python3, but describe those 
> who already have as having drunk the Koolaid. Comparing those who can 
> and have successfully moved to Python3 with the Jonestown cult 
> mass-suicide doesn't really strike me as a sign that you want to join 
> them.

I have read the expression "drinking the Koolaid" more than once but I
didn't know it related to a mass-suicide at all. It changes my
comprehension of it quite a bit...

Regards

Antoine.