And Now For Something Completely Similar !!!

[Robin Becker]

In article <37CEDCB7.221493F6 at prescod.net>, Paul Prescod
<paul at prescod.net> writes
>Robin Becker wrote:
>> 
>> Is it really required to put all extensions into one lump. I find it a
>> bother to have to download huge files some of which I don't use. 
>
>I think that two major virtues of the "batteries included" model are:
>
> * everything tested together -- no version skews
>
> * easy to find what you need
>
>I can't see download size really overwhelming those factors. It's 1999
>after all. Python only takes a few minutes to download even on a slow
>modem!
>
> Paul Prescod
here in the UK telecoms isn't cheap for the home user during the day. At
night it's cheaper and a download of 4mb may cost less than 50c. It's
certainly better than it used to be, but $5 to try out the cygwin win32
stuff (as I did the other day) is certainly a potential barrier.
-- 
Robin Becker