Language change and code breaks

[Guido van Rossum]

"Steve Holden" <sholden at holdenweb.com> writes:

> [posted & mailed]
> 
> "Guido van Rossum" <guido at python.org> wrote ...
> >
> > But never mind, I'm giving up on making *Python* case-insensitive.
> > The hostility of the user community is frightening.
> >
> I find this a saddening remark. Perhaps the vehemence of some of the
> reactions is an indication of how much users value your language. I'm sure
> you are quite capable of ignoring personal abuse and ill-informed comment
> that suggests you do not have the best interests of the Python community at
> heart.

Actually, it's been very tough.  Years of therapy didn't prepare me
for the accusations of dictatorship.  I also didn't see enough support
*for* my position to want to continue.

> I comment on your proposals, as do many others, to offer an
> alternative point of view (though I'm sure many times my comments have
> already been thought about).
> 
> Do I take the emphasis to mean that you are thinking about making *some
> other language* case-insensitive?

Only dreaming, for now.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)