Going the PL/1 way

[Michael Hudson]

Jarek Zgoda <jzgoda at gazeta.usun.pl> writes:

> Michael Hudson wrote:
> 
> >>Come on, guys, fix real problems like interpreter thread safety,
> >>improve performance, don't make us, "real-world software
> >>developers", screaming with every new release, please.
> > http://www.python.org/patches/
> 
> You want to say "if you want any improvement, do it yourself"? Sure,
> it's much better than Java's JCP, but expect
> http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/F/fork.html if enough people will
> share the same annoyance and anger.

It's possible.

> I write some free software, but I never tell users "go fix it
> yourself". This is rude.

Yes, probably.  But so were you, so can we call it quits?

Cheers,
mwh

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