[Python-ideas] Remember the Vasa

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Mon Jun 18 11:30:56 EDT 2018


On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 03:49:35 -0700 (PDT)
Paddy3118 <paddy3118 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I thought it might be helpful for the Python community to be aware of the 
> growth issues that the C++ community has/is discussing, at the moment. I am *not 
> *saying we have those same issues, but we might know to avoid similar 
> issues in our future?
> 
> Here's and letter:
>   http://open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/papers/2018/p0977r0.pdf
> 
> And an article on a later interview:
>   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/18/bjarne_stroustrup_c_plus_plus/

Interesting quote:

« Adding anything new, however minor carries a cost, such as
implementation, teaching, tools upgrades. Major features are those that
change the way we think about programming. Those are the ones we must
concentrate on. »

Regards

Antoine.




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