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. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list