On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 12:03 AM, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > In article <mailman.4153.1372838561.3114.python-l...@python.org>, > Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Of course, it's possible for there to be dark corners. But if you're >> working with those, you know it full well. The dark corners of Python >> might be in some of its more obscure modules, or maybe in IPv6 >> handling, > > The sad thing about this statement is that IPv6 has been around for > about as long as Python.
Yeah, and yet so many ISPs simply don't support it (only one of the Australian ISPs I've worked with does - Internode). So heaps of code just doesn't get tested in an IPv6 environment. I don't know whether there's anything in Python that would fail in that way, but there might be; if someone starts writing a DNS server in Python and runs into difficulties with AAAA records, then it actually might be a library bug. But the concept still applies: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.[1] Before ranting loudly about how Python is buggy, make absolutely sure you're right, and show the evidence. ChrisA [1] http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#idp5249360 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
