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[Ian Kelly]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 3:14 AM Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:01:58 -0700, Rick Johnson wrote:
>
> > Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> > [...]
> >> particular at DropBox, which is (I believe) funding a lot of Guido's
> >> time on this, because they need it.
> >
> > And now we get to the truth!
> >
> > Guido's new puppet master is the sole reason why this fine community --
> > of once free-roaming *STALLIONS*-- is now corralled and saddled with
> > type-hints!
>
> I know that Rick's attitude towards reality is that facts are only for
> other people, and that once he has made up his mind nothing will budge
> it, *especially* not facts, but for anyone reading this who might be
> fooled into imagining that Rick has a point, really, no.

Don't worry, I think that most people are capable of recognizing it as
an ad-hominem by a troll. Speaking of which, why hasn't Rick been
banned years ago for this kind of crap?