On 9 November 2017 at 05:08, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@pacujo.net> writes: > >> Jon Ribbens <jon+use...@unequivocal.eu>: >> > It is my experience of this group/list that if one disagrees with any >> > of you, Steve and Chris, you all rally round and gang up on that >> > person to insult and belittle them. This makes the atmosphere quite >> > hostile, and it would be quite remarkable if it isn't hurting the >> > community by driving people away. Please stop doing it. >> >> This forum is about a dead thing, a programming language. I wouldn't >> make too big a deal about "the community." > > On the contrary, this forum is about a *community of people*, formed > around a programming language. > > The community is primary here, I am in full agreement with Jon on that.
100% agreed. And on that note, shouldn't participants on this list follow the Python code of conduct[1]? Specifically, I don't see a lot of adherence to the mandate to be "tactful when approaching differing views" in this debate :-( Tact isn't about explaining how what *you* said shouldn't be taken the way the other person appears to be taking it. It's about accepting that the other person took your words in a particular way, and acknowledging and dealing with the fact that their interpretation is real to them, and should not be dismissed as "mistaken". Paul [1] https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ PS I won't respond to any explanations of how what I'm saying here is incorrect, or misguided. I don't want to further fan the flames. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
