re AMTE thread re DrScheme & Python

[Gene Chiaramonte]

My parents will be so happy I'm no longer part of a cult. My mom still
thinks I am playing with snakes all day though. "Why do you have all those
books about snakes with funny animals on the cover?"

I'm glad everyone has reached an mutually agreeable state. Politics,
religion and programming languages are such personal topics.

Gene

> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-list-admin at python.org
> [mailto:python-list-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of Kirby Urner
> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 9:20 PM
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Re: re AMTE thread re DrScheme & Python
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> Probably someone else will post this as well, but since I
> started this thread, I might as well complete the job by
> ending it (sort of).  Here's a concluding post.  Looks
> like a truce has been called.
>
> Kirby
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> From: D012560c at aol.com
> Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 19:44:45 EST
> Subject: Computers in Math Class (was Math Myopia...)
> To: amte at esunix.emporia.edu
> CC: pdx4d at teleport.com
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> Marvin, please post the following to the newsgroup/page where you sent my
> original post. Thanks -- Matthias
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> Dear Readers:
>
> A couple of days ago Marvin Hernandez asked for my opinion concerning the
> Python Web page on Programming for Everybody. The Web page then
> contained a
> table that compared aspects of programming languages, in particular, the
> teachability of Scheme and its programming environments. As the leader of
> the TeachScheme project and a researcher, I was deeply disturbed by the
> contents of this table considering that the text contained no other
> support.
>
> In the meantime, Guido van Rossum and I exchanged private email
> and came to
> a mutually agreeable position. He has removed his table and has prefixed
> his page with
>
>      "Note:I have made one change to the text of the proposal: At the
>       request of some supporters of other languages, I've withdrawn a
>       language comparison chart that contained highly personal and
>       sometimes unfounded opinions of other languages. The table was being
>       used out of context in a way that some found objectionable. (Not all
>       of the table is disputed, but it seems wiser not to engage in direct
>       language comparisons without a lot more documentation.)"
>
> I, in turn, sincerely apologize for writing an emotional evaluation about
> Python and its users. I should not have given permission to post my first
> reaction to a newsgroup about which I knew nothing. I particularly regret
> using the word "cult" for Python users.
>
>  -- Matthias Felleisen
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