I will kill my Python

[Steve Holden]

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> On a related topic, I've seen some Microsoft bashing here as well (not
> just this post.) There's certainly nothing wrong with that (It's a
> profession for some) but I must say that in some cases it reduces
> Python's credibility. I want to see people using it because it works
> for them, not just because they hate the evil Micro$oft and would
> rather code with toggle-switches than use anything built even 500 miles
> from Redmond. Just some thoughts...
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Well, I can't speak for the rest, but for me Microsoft bashing is more along
the lines of a recreation than a religion. If Microsoft started taking
contracts out on their detractors it might make me behave. They have broad
shoulders, and my sarcasm certainly isn't going to stop them being the
success they so clearly are. It seems to me that the Pythonista community is
a broad church, largely peopled by pragmatists who use whichever tools are
appropriate to solve the problems they face.

Nobody who uses Python would ever DREAM of using toggle switches (and I've
done too much of that in my time to remember it especially fondly. By the
seven hundredth time you've entered bootstrap code into a Univac 418 the
activity has somehow lost most of its essential charm).

As far as open source language projects go, Python came to Windows early and
comprehensively, thanks largely to Guido's determination to remain as
platform-netrual as possible.

Also, Mark Hammond's excellent job of Windows support makes the whole
language my preferred programming environment on Windows. Despite having
Visual Studio Enterprise Edition. Python's help files are smaller, too!

even-though-windows-sucks-we-are-stuck-with-it-ly y'rs  - steve