Pyfora, a place for python

[Aneesh Kulkarni]

Imagine if no one ever created anything new out of fear of
"fragmenting the community".  Should we hurl the same accusation at
Guido for fragmenting the programmer community and creating Python,
when perfectly fine languages like Perl, Lisp & Smalltalk already
existed?

Creating new things is a part of the natural evolution of the web
ecosystem.  Some of them will succeed, like Python itself did, and
ultimately improve the ecosystem.  New places hardly fragment the
community, because at the early stages, they usually don't draw many
resources away from existing communities; by the time they do, they
can be valuable contributors to the larger community in their own
right.

Aneesh

On Nov 7, 2:58 am, Saketh <saketh.bhamidip... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 4, 5:28 pm, Alan Franzoni <doesnotex... at franzoni.invalid>
> wrote:
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> > On 11/2/09 3:44 PM, Diez B. Roggisch wrote:
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> > > Being from germany, I can say that we *have* this fragmentation, and
> > > frankly: I don't like it. I prefer my communication via NNTP/ML, and not
> > > with those visually rather noisy and IMHO suboptimal forums. E.g. it
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> > That's right... forums, although more "accessible" to all the people who
> > can't/doesn't want to use specific email or nntp clients, are quite slow
> > to use.
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> > But I think Ubuntu forums support threads and are kind of "channeled"
> > between ML and webinterface... something like Google Groups; I think
> > THAT would be a good idea. What about trying to "channel"
> > comp.lang.python and a forum?
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> > --
> > Alan Franzoni
> > contact me at public@[mysurname].eu
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> Hi everyone,
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> My small effort to create a place for discussing Python seems to have
> sparked a larger discussion than I had anticipated. My intent in
> creatingPyforais not to splinter the community or encroach upon
> comp.lang.python users, but to create an alternative location where
> users can discuss Python. If this offends or irritates anyone, please
> accept my humble apologies.
>
> I understand that forums can be degenerate and uncivil, but my hope is
> that withPyfora, beginners will have a place to freely ask questions
> in a genial environment. A large part of my computer upbringing was on
> forums, and I wanted to share that experience with new Python users.
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> Sincerely,
> Saketh