multithreading

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.1022644310.12549.python-list at python.org>,
=?iso-8859-1?q?Fran=E7ois?= Pinard <pinard at iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>[Aahz]
>>
>> [...] I therefore invoke Python's "There's Only One Way" principle.
>
>That principle still existed with Python 1.5.2, but is fading out since
>then, and does not reflect Python reality anymore.  Python now offers
>many ways in various fields of the language.  I too, like you, feel a bit
>nostalgic of the past simplicity :-).  On the other hand, all the recent
>improvements have their own value.

In terms of strict reality, the principle was never 100% accurate.
Don't forget that there are many Pythonic principles ("import this" in
Python 2.2+), and it is often not possible to satisfy all of them
simultaneously.  But I'll bet you find it difficult to name a principle
that Queue fails to satisfy.
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