the purpose of this list???

[Peter Hansen]

Gabe Newcomb wrote:
> 
> So I just joined the list an hour ago. I've read 4 of the messages and half
> of them involve some form of flaming. 

If you use a reader which shows the threads in the conversation,
it probably supports a convenient "kill" function which would
eliminate the rest of the messages in that thread.  That would be
a good way to find the meat and avoid the (relatively few) threads
which get into flame wars over religious topics.

By the way, stick around a little longer and you'll come to realize
that comp.lang.python is well known as one of the *most* friendly 
newsgroups around.  Four messages is just a little too few on which 
to base a valid conclusion...

Welcome!
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