Thanks and kudos to Python core team (was Re: Booleans, integer division,backwards compatibility; where is Python going?)

[Steve Holden]

"Peter Hansen" <peter at engcorp.com> wrote ...
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>
> I'd like to take this opportunity to at least thank the developers,
> bots included, and other contributors (in the most heartfelt way I
> can without sending large cash contributions) for all the blood,
> sweat and keypresses they've put into this phenomenal project.
>
Hear hear!

> I'm classified in the pathetic subset of users known as "commercial
> developers building products using Python and to date not contributing
> a damn thing back to the community".  My accomplishments in the
> past two years using Python have been possible largely because of
> the unpaid, thankless (well, until now by me anyway) efforts of
> a large number of mostly volunteer developers.
>
Personally I regard your frequent posts on this group as a significant
contribution to "the community" (maybe because I'd like my own to be
regarded in the same way), so I think you're being entirely too
self-denigrating.

> We're leeches (so far) but at least we're very grateful leeches.
>
Gratitude don't pay the bills. Fortunately, Zope Corporation currently does,
God bless them.

> I'm dismayed by comments attacking the core developers when made
> by people who have not contributed more than I or my team have.
> Beggars can't be choosers, and nobody likes a whiner...
>
Ignorance is bliss, I suppose. Unfortunately your comments will be
disregarded by the people you are complaining about because either

a) they will have no idea you are referring to them, or
b) they will respond to your comments by subjecting you to similar attacks.

 This accounts for the low signal-to-noise ratio on many high-volume
newsgroups. But then I'm pretty sure you knew that already ...

regards
 Steve