Deposing Dictators

[Robin Becker]

In article <3b602daf.1623450 at nntp.sprynet.com>, David C. Ullrich
<ullrich at math.okstate.edu> writes
....
>
>Why in the world should "level of dissent" have any
>bearing on anything? Deciding moral issues by taking
>a vote is one thing - deciding what's best on a 
>technical issue by taking a vote is silly.
....
>David C. Ullrich
This can only be a correct position. Betamax was better than VHS, but
the best lost the vote.

In Python Land, the language may win the technical battle, but lose the
war. Python still loses against perl at simple tasks.

cf
        http://www.bagley.org/~doug/shootout/

If, as I claim, Python  wins or loses on its usefulness at real
programming tasks then eventually it must improve either real
performance or real utility.

I don't see that happening with the grand unification; although keeping
the 'div' operator is at least a nod in the direction of all those who
want to split their lists in two.
-- 
Robin Becker