Future division patch available (PEP 238)

[Marco Mariani]

On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 03:04:22AM -0700, Paul Boddie wrote:

> > Python would be a laughing stock without a division operator, and it
> > will certainly be a laughing stock if we can't rely on it to do the
> > same thing from one release to the next. It's a far to fundamental
> > change just to please people with a particular mindset.

I am quite frightened by this patch too.

> I get the feeling that those people who follow the Python development
> list tend to work their way to what they believe to be sensible
> conclusions, but run the risk of becoming out of touch with everyone
> else. The big danger for Python is that they become so out of touch
> that half the Python community decide to "fork off".

And I want to be on the half whose programs keep working :-)