Deposing Dictators

[Gordon McMillan]

James Logajan wrote: 

> Tim Peters wrote:
>> The meaning of division a program needs depends entirely on context. 
>> Any meaning is "wrong" in some programming contexts. 
> 
> Oops. Talk about scorched earth arguments. Given that, I think you've
> just made it an issue decided by a preponderance of opinion (i.e. a
> vote). Unless you and/or Guido admit to knowledge of all possible
> programming contexts? 
> 
> (What harm do you believe befalls Python if nothing is done?)

When I write a line of code involving division, I *know* what
kind of division I want. Having one spelling for two different
types of division does not favor any particular context. It
harms them all.

- Gordon