Splitting comp.lang.python

Gerrit Holl gerrit at nl.linux.org
Wed Mar 1 09:10:34 EST 2000


<quote name="Mikael Olofsson" date="951918286" email="mikael at isy.liu.se">
> 
> On 01-Mar-00 Gerrit Holl wrote:
>  >      Python language + builtin functions <-> Python modules + extensions
>         c.l.py.pure                             c.l.py.modules
> 
> That could be a fairly clear division. I'm not trying to dissapoint you, 
> but I think that some people would say that many of the modules should 
> be considered as a fundamental part of the language, e.g. sys, string, 
> and others. I can imagine a newbie asking in c.l.py.pure: 
> 
>   How do I do string conversion in Python?
> 
> The dissapointing answer would be:
> 
>   Good question, ask at c.l.py.modules!

Hmm, maybe you are right.

> Perhaps the best thing would be to keep c.l.py as it is as the general
> place for discussion, and then adding subgroups for specific interests.

Perl uses:

 comp.lang.perl.announce
 comp.lang.perl.misc
 comp.lang.perl.tk
 comp.lang.perl.modules
 comp.lang.perl
 comp.lang.perl.moderated

Maybe it's a good idea too do something like that on c.l.py.

</quote>

regards,
Gerrit.


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