Leave the putdowns in the Perl community, the Python world does not need them

[Steve Holden]

Steven Bethard wrote:
> metaperl wrote:
> 
>>I was shocked to see the personal insults hurled in this thread:
>>http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/d0758cb9545cad4b
> 
> 
> I see that this is a Fredrik Lundh thread.  I've felt the same way 
> before, but Fredrik has been around a long time[1] and if you listen 
> through the sometimes sharp words, he really has a lot of intelligent 
> things to say.  All I can advise is that if you feel like Fredrik is 
> getting under your skin, take a deep breath and read a different thread 
> for a while.  I promise you, it's worth it!
> 
Yup, if the effbot says you are wrong it would be sensible to at least 
consider the possibility. But nobody can *force* you to read what it says.

regards
  Steve
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