Python's simplicity philosophy (was Re: reduce()--what is it good for?)

[G.A.]

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 11:39:20 +0000, Robin Becker
<robin at jessikat.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>... you may be right, but I object to attempts to restrict my existing
>freedoms at the expense of stability of Python as a whole.

To paraphrase a famous saying (at least in the context of US law), your
freedom ends where another person's maintenance headache begins.

Gary