gratuitous new features in 2.0

[David]

On 25 Aug 2000 18:36:58 GMT, aahz at netcom.com (Aahz Maruch) wrote:

>In article <KTyp5.15878$Z2.190563 at nnrp1.uunet.ca>,
>Warren Postma <embed at NOSPAM.geocities.com> wrote:
>>"Rainer Deyke" <root at rainerdeyke.com> wrote in message
>>news:p%wp5.99116$6y5.68070091 at news2.rdc2.tx.home.com...
>>>
>>> I agree.  print should be deprecated, not extended.
>>
>>Bah.
>>
>>Print is useful for two things:
>>        1. debugging
>>        2. demonstrating python interactively.
>>
>>It is an obvious "wave of the cap" to the interactive fashion in which many
>>of us 1970's era Microcomputer BASIC programming types cut their teeth on
>>programming.   Sure it's not OOP'y, but the lack of "slavish adherence" to
>>OOP is one of Python's strong points, not a weak point. ;-)
>
>Ooo.  Nicely put!

Righty-oh.  Print should not be deprecated... but it *SHOULDN'T* be made
more powerful.  :-)