Thanks, Dakz for taking the time to reply: > This discussion has gone in more circles than Earth has gone 'round > the Sun, but it seems you should consider the following:
Yes, I've been feeling a bit dizzy > 1) Sequences and functions serve fundamentally different purposes in > Python. One is for containing objects, the other is for executing an > action. (And yes, I'm aware that these concepts can differ in other > contexts. But we're talking about Python.) I guess I've been arguing for fewer semantics, not more > 2) It seems--at least to me--a bit dubious to change an entire general > purpose programming language to suit a very limited--and frankly > strange--use case. Agreed. > 3) You'd probably be better off making a very simple and concise > domain specific language. Hence: http://muse.com/tr3/Tr3%20Overview.pdf I'm going to take Steve Holden's advice and hang out at c.l.py Cheers, \~/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
