General question about Python design goals

[Donn Cave]

In article <dmnahm$5m5$1 at news.doit.wisc.edu>,
 Rocco Moretti <roccomoretti at hotpop.com> wrote:

> People who argue that "frozen list" is not needed because we already 
> have the tuple type, while simultaneously arguing that tuples shouldn't 
> grow list methods because they are conceptually different from lists 
> will be bludgeoned to death with a paradox. :)  </devil's_advocate>

Maybe I can dodge the paradox by noting that the set of things
we need, is much larger than the set of things we need enough
to do what it takes to get them.  So I can agree that frozen
lists are needed, without necessarily supporting the effort.

   Donn Cave, donn at u.washington.edu