Python evolution: Unease

[Jarek Zgoda]

Iwan van der Kleyn wrote:

> But I see little to no efforts from the core python team to address my 
> needs as listed above. They seem mainly to focus on the core attributes 
> and syntax of the language. Very little or no efforts are taken to 
> improve the infrastructure around the language.
> 
> And then I read the following sentence by Van Rossum:
> 
> "In order to make type inferencing a little more useful, I'd like to 
> restrict certain forms of extreme dynamic behavior in Python"
> 
> In the end, it's mindset which counts. And I think that mindset is going 
> to be determine the way foreward for Python: more features, increased 
> complexity, less dynamism. Lots of syntax crud, without addressing the 
> need to improve the infrastructure around the language.

I saw this once somewhere:

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=cf38ph%242f8%241%40namru.matavnet.hu

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Jarek Zgoda
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