On 20 December 2011 01:18, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > Sorry, I wasn't meaning to imply support for the syntax proposal. Just > reacting to the (seemingly unrelated) comment that a customer with foolish > access policies would not be worthy of your business. Only because I've > been in the situation of having to provide remote support to major > customers with similar absurd policies :-) >
Nononono! I wasn't referring to you! I was referring to the whole topic. You just happened to be that last person to say something. Sorry about that, I should have been clearer... > On Dec 19, 2011, at 8:10 PM, Joshua Landau wrote: > > On 20 December 2011 00:30, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > >> In article <mailman.3827.1324331890.27778.python-l...@python.org>, >> Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > But what about the example he gave about being logged into a customer's >> > machine with only ed available? I suppose such fools would not be worthy >> > of your business. >> >> The customer is always right. Especially when the support contract is >> big enough to make or break your quarter. >> -- >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >> > > This whole conversation is ridiculous. Do we really want a syntax that's > worse just to satisfy the 1/10,000 cases* where someone will be using ed or > notepad? > > Correct Answer: no. > > * Probably less, as I use vim many_times_a_day * many_days_a_year - and > even less if we consider that no-one'll be doing as much coding in an hour > of ed as in an hour of <better_editor> > > > > -- > Roy Smith > r...@panix.com > > > >
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