PEP scepticism

Martijn Faassen m.faassen at vet.uu.nl
Sat Jul 7 17:08:51 EDT 2001


Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> "Tim Peters" <tim.one at home.com> writes:

>> [Robin Becker]
>> > ...
>> > Dictators often assume they know best, but observation shows them
>> > to be uniformly wrong.
>> 
>> Heh.  Replace "Dictators" with "Humans", and I expect the truth-value of
>> that assertion would be unaffected.
>> 
>> BTW, in case newcomers are wondering, Guido didn't become BDFL by
>> assassinating his predecessor, nor does he maintain Absolute Power by force
>> of arms.  Although he's been thinking about it <wink>.

> The PSU has Robin's name and email address.  Robin: be afraid, be very
> afraid.  It is time that an example be set!

I thought *I* was that scary example! Who is Robin, anyway? Never heard of
any Robins..

Disappointed-ly yours,

Martijn
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