What is on-topic for the python list [was "Re: BASIC vs Python"]

[Hans Nowak]

Doug Holton wrote:
> Hans Nowak wrote:
> 
>>> Quote:
>>> "this is comp.lang.python, not comp.lang.boo."
>>
>>
>>
>> Which is obviously not the same as "Boo should not be mentioned on 
>> this newsgroup".  
> 
> I used the exact same phrase in another note except using the term 
> "logo" instead of "boo", and that is the exact interpretation I 
> immediately received from others - they felt I was censuring the 
> discussion here, as I felt you were.

Maybe they felt that way because, in your case, it was followed by the 
innocent little sentence "Please refrain from discussing topics not 
related to CPython."?

>  > The discussion with Logo and other languages in it was off-topic too,
>  > but it wasn't offensive to anyone.
> 
> I'm not going to dignify that or the rest of your note with a response.

No, by all means, let's ignore any pieces of a post that might lead to 
constructive discussion.

Well, it's been fun, but I really don't have time for this.  If we 
cannot end this thread with some kind of mutual understanding, then I 
will end it unilaterally.  You have the dubious honor of being the first 
person in my killfile since 1997.

-- 
Hans Nowak
http://zephyrfalcon.org/