In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Roy Smith wrote: >> Simon Brunning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>On 4/19/05, could ildg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>Private stuff always makes programming much easier. >>> >>>That contention is, at best, debatable. See >>>http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/b977ed1312e10b21. >> >> Nice essay. Now, for another look at the same issue... >> http://thedailywtf.com/forums/32534/ShowPost.aspx > >Where in the original posting or in the 86 replies >in that massive page are we supposed to find something >pointed about this issue?
There are several comments in there speculating that the intent was to find a way around private data hiding. It's a WTF -- you can't take it too seriously. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
