In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) wrote:

> This is a good development, overall.  Against stupidity, the gods
> themselves contend in vain; Python's entrance into stupid firms broadens
> its potential appeal from less than 10% to around 100% of the market,
> which is good news for sellers of books, tools, training, consultancy
> services, and for Python programmers everywhere -- more demand always
> helps.  *BUT* the price is eternal vigilance...

I'm not sure what that last sentence is supposed to mean, but I have 
visions (nightmares?) of someday having ANSI, ISO, IEEE, or some other such 
organization notice that something useful exists which they haven't yet 
standardized/broken and decide to form a committee to do it.
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