Fat and happy Pythonistas (was Re: Replacement for keyword 'global' good idea? ...)

[Peter Hansen]

Mike Meyer wrote:
> "John Roth" <newsgroups at jhrothjr.com> writes:
>>"Mike Meyer" <mwm at mired.org> wrote in message
>>>I find it hilarious that this arrived at my news server the same day
>>>that Peter Hansens rant (look for the subject "Syntax error after
>>>upgrading to Python 2.4") about Python changing to fast did.
>>
>>You may find it hilarious. I find it kind of sad - painting oneself
>>into a corner so that upgrades become a pain for the customer
>>base is not a laughing matter.
> 
> So we have one (count him, 1) user who complains that it's changing to
> fast. I suspect most readers here would disagree with him.

Although both Mike and John by this time are aware of Mike's mistaken 
attribution of the "rant" to me, I feel compelled to point out for 
posterity (i.e. anyone searching this thread in the future) that it 
wasn't "Peter Hansen" who produced the rant in question, and that
I do NOT feel that Python is changing too quickly.

-Peter