no more comparisons

[Alan Isaac]

I was surprised to see that
comparison is slated for death
in Python 3000.

For example:
http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3100/
	list.sort() and builtin.sorted() methods: eliminate cmp parameter [27] [done]

But there is a rumor of a PEP to restore comparisons.
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2008-January/011764.html

Is that going anywhere?

Also, what is the core motivation for removing this functionality?

Alan Isaac