The Python standard library and PEP8

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <mailman.4178.1240170419.11746.python-list at python.org>, Christian 
Heimes wrote:

> Neither Java nor Python are pure object oriented languages.

That's like saying the Soviet Union was never a pure communist country, or 
that the US is not a pure capitalist country. "Pure", it seems, can be 
endlessly redefined to exclude any example you might care to name, that you 
don't happen to like.

In short, it's a meaningless adjective.