gratuitous new features in 2.0

[Aahz Maruch]

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!
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