I come to praise .join, not to bury it...

[Garry Hodgson]

Alex Martelli wrote:

> I have not heard ANY _technical_ arguments opposed to
> this last time the discussion went around -- nothing but
> vague aesthetic, "it should be the other way", "I find it
> ugly" kind of complaints.  Unless and until further notice,
> then, I class these together with the complaints of people
> who dislike 0-based indexing, on similar vague bases -- as
> 0-based indexing _works_ better than 1-based, then, for
> me, it is a superior choice.  Aesthetics is in the eye of the
> beholder, and the beholder _can_ be retrained and grow
> a 'technically better and more appropriate' view of the
> world -- one that will let him or her 'see' as 'beautiful'
> those approaches which offer maximal effectiveness and
> simplicity.

don't be too quick to write off Aesthetics.  it's a significant
part of what attracted me to python (i'd seen enough curly braces
and semicolons to last me a lifetime).  avoiding scaring off newbies
until they've had time to appreciate other virtues is not a Bad Thing.

-- 
Garry Hodgson                   Once in a while
Senior Hacker                   you can get shown the light
Software Innovation Services    in the strangest of places
AT&T Labs                       if you look at it right