loose methods: Smalltalk asPython

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

In <mailman.2058.1167254642.32031.python-list at python.org>, Jan Theodore
Galkowski wrote:

>>Guido was opposed to modifying builtin types before Java existed.  It's
>>similar to his opposition to dynamic syntax.
> 
> The other is placing those builtins at the top of their own object
> hierarchy.  Is "int", properly speaking, a descendent of "object"?

In [108]: issubclass(int, object)
Out[108]: True

> In any case, as respectful of Mr/Dr van Rossum as I am, simply because
> so-and-so says something is bad and therefore it must be true is a
> fallacious response.

I don't think the response was meant to say that it must be bad but that
it won't show up as feature in Python as long as the BDFL thinks it's bad.

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch