Thanks and kudos to Python core team (was Re: Booleans, integer division,backwards compatibility; where is Python going?)

[Steve Holden]

"Peter Hansen" <peter at engcorp.com> wrote in message
news:3CB6494E.E051CBA5 at engcorp.com...
> Aahz wrote:
> >
[ ... ]
> > Besides, you never know when a bunch of Usenet posts might turn into a
> > book contract.
>
> Hah!  If I had time to write books, I'd definitely have time to
> contribute to the Python core in some way.
>
> Or, I could stop spending so bloody much time posting to Usenet... :-)
>
> Thanks for the good thoughts Steve.  I guess we contribute some.
>
> On the other hand, I think I could post ten messages a night and
> still not contribute as much value as someone who manages to submit
> a few patches a year to the core.  I really can't emphasize strongly
> enough how much I think we should value those who actually write
> or fix core code.
>
Nah, they're just a bunch of slefish bastards who spend all their time
writing code because that's how they get their jollies. What did the Python
core team ever do for us?

Oh, sorry, wrong thread ;-)

life-of-who-ly y'rs  - steve