[Python-Dev] PEP 259: Omit printing newline after newline

[Chris Gonnerman]

From: "Roman Suzi" <rnd at onego.ru>
> No, no! Do not take print away! It help to migrate from Basic! ;-)

This is the best single reason I can see OTHER than not breaking existing
scripts.
Not just BASIC, but Perl, and SO MANY other languages have a print
statement.

IMHO Alex's output() function is not really necessary.  If you hate print,
use
fileobj.write(), and leave us print-users alone.

Aesthetics alone are not a good enough reason for such a fundamental and
painful
change.