killing thread ?

[Paul Rubin]

Jp Calderone <exarkun at intarweb.us> writes:
>   Whether a feature is supported *in the core language* and the
> *official distribution* -is- up to the language developers, though,
> especially in the case of free software.

Yes, indeed, the language developers are perfectly entitled to release
programs that don't live up to the marketing claims written by those
same developers.  However, nobody should then be surprised when users
complain that their expectations have been let down.