If you want X, you know where to find it

[Andrew Kuchling]

"Alex Martelli" <aleaxit at yahoo.com> writes:
> "Douglas Alan" <nessus at mit.edu> wrote in message
> > I find the quote from Alex above to be utterly abusive, and he was
> 
> How so?  I assert that you give the appearance of not _getting_
> the Python world-view of _simplicity_ (be it for lack of trying
> or lack of ability to do so, that's a secondary issue). The unstated

For what it's worth, and at the risk of prolonging this uninteresting
sub-branch of an otherwise interesting thread, I thought Alex's
posting was an erudite and well-written flame.  I didn't find it
abusive, but was certainly startled at Alex's vehemence (especially
with the 'monkeys typing' quote, which is now in the quotation file).
The idea of hygenic macros may or may not be a good one, but
Mr. Alan's case is certainly better presented than the average
new-feature posting, and I'd give him some leeway just for that alone.
(Plus we Kate Bush fans stick together.)

I agree with Tim that an explicit proposal is worth reams of list
messages, and look forward to a PEP.

--amk