Save the pythons.

[Dave Benjamin]

In article <aeaacf65.0312171345.4267f213 at posting.google.com>, f29 wrote:
> I don't believe that noone has yet spotted that python is becoming
> java. Each new version is fully equipped with more garbage than
> before. Classes are great, but once there are 1000 of them, inheriting
> from each other, I cannot avoid comparing this unpleasant situation to
> java.

Python's not becoming Java. It's too busy becoming LISP. If it appears that
Python is becoming Java, it's only because Java is becoming LISP, too. There
are 1000s of classes of languages, each inheriting from LISP. It's just a
matter of how many methods they override, and this number is asymptotically
approaching zero.

> Python power is in it's syntax, not addons. Let's not copy perl's
> experience and one java is already far too much for earth.

Great. Let's feature-freeze Python now. That way, when Java has finally
become LISP, Python will still be Python. Of course, we'll all be using LISP
by then, but it'll be a fine piece of nostalgia to keep on an old hard drive
in the garage.

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