"The Python Way"

[Gordon McMillan]

Graham Matthews wrote:

> The key word is "discuss". To have a "discussion" one must have
> participants who don't simply want to defend "the python way".
> That's where that word "parachial" comes in!

Please, Graham. Your posts about GC to collect cyclic references got 
quite a few favorable replies. No one surfaced with both the time and 
enthusiasm to implement it, but that should not be a surprise. Look 
at the state of Greg's free-threading patches, or the total lack of 
activity on the Types SIG. Remember also that most responses will be 
from people who feel strongly one way or the other, which will often
have a negative correlation to the thoughtfulness of the replies. 
That's  "Usenet".

You did, however, start by proposing using Java as the implementation 
language for Python 2, which is a very different matter.

petrolium-distillates-on-troubled-waters-ly y'rs

- Gordon