On Monday, September 4, 2017 at 7:50:39 PM UTC+5:30, Steve D'Aprano wrote: > On Mon, 4 Sep 2017 01:11 pm, Rustom Mody wrote: > > Simply put: pythonistas have no coherent/consistent sense of what python > > values are. And the endless parameter-passing-nomenclature arguments are > > just > > the fallout of that. > > This is not a dispute unique to the Python community. Similar arguments take > place in the Java and Ruby communities, and I daresay many others.
Well good to know we agree on this [I would add lisp to this list since its the progenitor of this model] And it is a primary factor for the desirability of transcending the imperative paradigm -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list