Python 3 is killing Python

[Mark Lawrence]

On 17/07/2014 20:22, Emile van Sebille wrote:
> On 7/17/2014 11:15 AM, Rick Johnson wrote:
>
>> Sadly, all of my calls to improve IDLE have been meet with
>> rebukes about me "whining". The "powers that be" would wise
>> to *UTILIZE* and *ENCOURAGE* my participation instead of
>> *IGNORING* valuable talent and *IMPEDING* the expansion of
>> this "private boys club".
>
> I imagine those that would be in a position to improve idle don't see
> the point of it.  IMO, idle was never intended as a production
> development editor but more as an extensive example of gui programming
> with python.  Yes, you _can_ use it to edit, and there are nice python
> hooks, but I doubt that anyone with the skills to enhance idle actually
> uses idle.
>
> You-can-also-program-using-notepad-eeew-ly y'rs,
>
> Emile
>

Some of the top core developers teach classes using IDLE as it's the 
only tool guaranteed to be available on all the major platforms.  You 
might also like to view this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1a4Jbjc-vU

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask 
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence

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