Aahz <a...@pythoncraft.com> wrote: > Well, yes, but that's simply the nature of online fora (I originally > wrote "nature of Usenet", but I think it's more general than that). From > my POV, if you're going to call it a "decline", you need to provide more > evidence than some people leaving and others arriving. I think that the > sheer volume and quality of posts to c.l.py is evidence that c.l.py is > not declining.
c.l.py is my favourite usenet group and has been for some time. I've been doing usenet for 16 years now! I enjoy reading about problems and problems solved. I enjoy helping people where I can and especially learning new things when helping people - I think it has contributed enormously to my development as a python programmer. When I ask a question of c.l.py I find the answers to be informative and enlightening. Even after quite a few years of python programing I'm still learning new things from c.l.py As a long time usenet user I find it easy to ignore the occasional flame wars. Posters with the wrong sort of attitude are brought gently into line by the majority. If usenet groups had ratings I'd give c.l.py 5 stars. -- Nick Craig-Wood <n...@craig-wood.com> -- http://www.craig-wood.com/nick -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
