PEP scepticism

[phil hunt]

On 28 Jun 2001 14:23:17 -0400, Andrew Kuchling <akuchlin at mems-exchange.org> wrote:
>
>I've noticed that in online forums, people now rarely beat up on
>Python for the language itself, except for the old reliable
>indentation knee-jerk reaction.  Instead people write about how
>convenient CPAN makes it to find modules, or how useful the XML
>modules are, or how EJB lets them write elaborate business systems.  I
>don't think improving Python the language will win new converts at
>this point; improving the standard library, development environments,
>or the documentation is more likely to bear fruit.

Good point.

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