python: bug or feature?

[Huaiyu Zhu]

On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 19:34:27 GMT, Grant Edwards <ge at nowhere.none> wrote:
>>I understand why they might need a different level from logical operators.
>>But why not just one bitwise level?
>
>Surely you're joking?

I'm not.  Perhaps just because I'm one exception to "everybody".  :-)

If you ask _everybody_ here what's the expected symbols and precedences of
bitwise operators without checking the docs, only _some_ would give correct
answers.  I'll keep to myself a guess of what the proportion is.

And does years of experience with other languages makes it a good choice for
python?  What about pointers, goto, etc?

<philosophical rambling>
Computer languages are more like engineering than science in that a lot of
things depend on practical feasibility and convenience.  Years of experience
could be abandoned outright if a better technology comes up.
</philosophical rambling>


Huaiyu