In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Simon Wittber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >'import this' also provides some good advice: > >"There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it." > >It seems to me that python is not as simple/clean as it once was. It >has grown warts, for the sake of backwards compatibility. :(
That's progress. One of the primary goals for Python 3.0 is to make a fresh start by removing a lot of the backwards compatibility. -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "19. A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing." --Alan Perlis -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list