( 2.31.New operators: 'eq', 'ne', 'last', '..' ) ?

[Mike Steed]

> From: Fredrik Lundh [mailto:fredrik at pythonware.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 1:52 PM
> To: Evguenii Smogailov
> Cc: Python Mailing List
> Subject: Re: ( 2.31.New operators: 'eq', 'ne', 'last', '..' ) ?
> 
> Evguenii Smogailov <sei at sunse.jinr.ru> wrote:
> > New operators:
> > 1) 'eq' (like '==');
> > 2) 'ne' (like '!=','<>');
> > 3) 'last' (like 'continue');
> > 4) '..' for generating sequences (like '1..20' or 'a..z'),
> > like in Perl.
> > 
> > Generally for improving readability,
> > (and Perl compatibility).
> 
> oh, come on.  since when is "Perl compatibility" a
> guiding principle for Python's design?
> 
> what's wrong with you folks?

Seminar posters.  I think that's what we're seeing.  They attend seminars
where they are carefully taught how to write posts that distract and annoy
the readers of the target news group/mailing list/whatever.  The seminars,
of course, are sponsored by vast conspiracies that aim to popularize severe
hackery in its various forms, such as four-letter languages beginning with
P.

Okay, I'm kidding, don't get upset.

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M.