PEP0238 lament

[Tim Peters]

[Duncan Booth]
> When it comes down to it, real beginners (5 to 7 years old?) will
> have been told that if you divide 9 by 2 you get 4 with 1 left over.
> Which is EXACTLY what you get at present. Floating point is a MUCH
> more sophisticated concept which, as has been shown repeatedly on
> this newsgroup, is hard even for most programming professionals.

Apparently not:  an oft-repeated complaint against PEP 238 is that it's
dumbing-down the language <wink>.

believes-everything-he-reads-but-has-trouble-making-sense-of-the-
    whole-ly y'rs  - tim