Antoon Pardon wrote: > Op 2005-11-04, Steve Holden schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [...] >>I suppose ultimately I'm just more pragmatic than you. > > > It has nothing to do with being more pragmatic. Being pragmatic > is about how you handle things with real life projects. It has > little to do with the degree in which you agree with the design > of the tool you have to work with. I would say I am more pragmatic > than most defenders of python, because when it comes done to > do my work, I just use python as best as I can, while a lot > of people here seem to think that every little criticism I have > is enough to go and look for a different language. > No, being pragmatic is to do with accepting what is rather than wasting time wishing it were otherwise, particularly when the "insane" behavior was actually a deliberate design choice. Which is why it doesn't work the same as non-local references in nested scopes.
> >>Plus I started >>using Icon, whose assignment semantics are very similar, back in the >>1970's, so Python's way of doing things fits my brain quite nicely, >>thank you. > > > So, people can probably say that about any language they started with. > That a language suits a certain persons brain, may say more about > the person than about the language. > I wasn't trying to make a point about the language. I was merely (and I thought charitably) trying to explain why I appear to be blind to the "insanity" you see all around you. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
