Damnation! (was: Re: Python3k extended grammar)

[Stephen]

    Whoa, i'm somewhat thinking that you read WAY too much into that
statement, especially considering you took out half of that line. Here, let
me add it back in:

>> Python is not a democracy. Voting doesn't help.  Crying may... :-)

Then, later, His Holy Majesty The Creator expressed that they wouldn't be
doing anything just arbitrarily and without discussion here/etc...

Someone still has to make a decision, though... and having a vision about
how you want something to end up (like, i'd assume, His Holy Majesty The
Creator should have, being The Creator, and everything. ) would be a rather
good thing in the whole decision making process.

:-)

--Stephen


Courageous <jkraska1 at san.rr.com> wrote in message
news:39260B99.86CBF73C at san.rr.com...
>
> > >> Python is not a democracy.
> >
> > >The success and future of python is a democracy of the most
> > >brutal kind.
> >
> > That's right: and Guido is both the teeming masses AND the guillotine.
> >
> > Seriously, though, the future of Python is not up to any democracy --
> > because even if a majority doesn't like it, it won't be hurt.  We don't
> > need any vote (although we can always leave).
>
> I appreciate what you're trying to say, but if Python ever
> becomes a mainstream programming language, I can guarantee
> you that it will outgrow Guido.
>
> I don't know a thing about the Guido, and don't have a thing
> against him; to the contrary, I'm rather fond of his language.
> (Thanks, Guido!) Be that as it may, there comes a time when the
> founder of something ceases to have true dictatorial power
> over his creation, sooner or later.
>
> It's generally a bad idea to opine "it's my way or the highway,"
> especially in a setting like this, where the more you say it,
> the less and less true it will become. Conversely, the more
> he listens to what his users have to say, even if it's just
> a token vote, the more likely he is to see continued success
> and growth of this beautiful language.
>
> Hope I haven't offended anyone,
>
>
>
> C/