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[Warren Stringer]

Thanks, Dakz for taking the time to reply:

> This discussion has gone in more circles than Earth has gone 'round
> the Sun, but it seems you should consider the following:

Yes, I've been feeling a bit dizzy

> 1) Sequences and functions serve fundamentally different purposes in
> Python. One is for containing objects, the other is for executing an
> action. (And yes, I'm aware that these concepts can differ in other
> contexts. But we're talking about Python.)

I guess I've been arguing for fewer semantics, not more
 
> 2) It seems--at least to me--a bit dubious to change an entire general
> purpose programming language to suit a very limited--and frankly
> strange--use case.

Agreed.

> 3) You'd probably be better off making a very simple and concise
> domain specific language.

Hence: http://muse.com/tr3/Tr3%20Overview.pdf 

I'm going to take Steve Holden's advice and hang out at c.l.py 

Cheers,

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