do ya still use python?
Terry Reedy
tjreedy at udel.edu
Tue Apr 20 19:16:53 EDT 2021
On 4/20/2021 5:44 PM, dn via Python-list wrote:
> Are there reasons why someone might prefer StackOverflow to this list?
For programming questions with testable answers, generally yes. But I
sometimes advise SO questioners to redirect questions here when more
appropriate.
Advantages include that questions and answers can be searched within a
tag, can be commented separately, and can be edited. The latter is
important. Web forums that imitate mail lists with indelible sequential
postings are not much better.
> Are they more to do with the person, or something the Python Community
> should address?
Not the first, nor the second officially. But many Python Community
members already answer python-tagged questions. I specifically monitor
python-idle questions. The PSF could set up a imitation site, or
perhaps sponsor 'Python Pitstop' on stackexchange, but why bother?
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Terry Jan Reedy
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