On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 9:46 PM, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: > Stephen Hansen wrote: >> >> On 6/27/10 6:09 PM, MRAB wrote: >>> >>> Terry Reedy wrote: >>>> >>>> Another would have been to add but never remove anthing, with the >>>> consequence that Python would become increasingly difficult to learn >>>> and the interpreter increasingly difficult to maintain with >>>> volunteers. I think 2.7 is far enough in that direction. >>>> >>> [snip] >>> It's clear that Guido's time machine is limited in how far it can travel >>> in time, because if it wasn't then Python 1 would've been more like >>> Python 3 and the changes would not have been necessary! :-) >> >> I'm pretty sure he wrote the Time Machine in Python 1.4, or maybe 1.3? >> Either way, its well established that a time machine can't go back in time >> any farther then the moment its created. >> >> I don't at all remember why, don't even vaguely understand the physics >> behind it, but Morgan Freeman said it on TV, so its true. >> > That's if the time machines uses a wormhole: > >>>> import wormhole > > Unfortunately it's not part of the standard library. :-(
Batteries- but not flux capacitors- included. Geremy Condra -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
