The language vs. the environment

[Tim Peters]

[Skip Montanaro]
> There has been a huge amount of recent PEP activity related to further
> enhancements to the language.  I think in general that if more of this
> energy was directed at the overall environment (library, support tools,
> installers, documentation, etc) we'd be better off in the long run.

Let's not discount the short run either <wink>.  Guido opined today that he
wants 2.3 to be a relatively modest "consolidation" release.  As a result, I
don't expect he's going to approve "new feature" PEPs for 2.3 that aim at
the core language proper.

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