The language vs. the environment

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

>>>>> "Skip" == Skip Montanaro <skip at pobox.com> writes:

    Skip> There has been a huge amount of recent PEP activity related
    Skip> to further enhancements to the language.  I think in general
    Skip> that if more of this energy was directed at the overall
    Skip> environment (library, support tools, installers,
    Skip> documentation, etc) we'd be better off in the long run.

There are also proposed enhancements that are dangerous as additions
to the language, while they would be unobjectionable (and serve the
purpose equally well) as part of the environment.  (Cf. PEP 263
discussion.)


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