Comment on draft PEP for deprecating six builtins

[Steve Holden]

"Cliff Wells" <logiplexsoftware at earthlink.net> wrote ...
> On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 12:03:35 -0700
> Brian Quinlan wrote:
>
> > > > Why the hostility?
[...]
> I have to agree with Brian.  While Lumberjack's response did address
issues
> with the PEP, it was laced with personal insinuations about the PEP's
author
> (and PEP writers in general):
>
> [Lumberjack]
> "How about you and other PEP writers take some responsibilities for your
> fantasies for once?"
> "But no, you'd rather break code and make existing instructional material
> obsolete"
> "The [sic] would be in line with the contempt you seem to have for others.
> "You think the world revolves around your notion of "rightness"?"
> "I believe the organization you belong to has this chant: ..."
>
> The overall tone was anger not reason.  Arguments stated in this fashion
> deserve the same consideration they give to their opponent: none.
>
Good point. Perhaps he should change his nom-de-guerre from "lumberjack" to
"gumby".

regards
 Steve
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