Alex Martelli wrote: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... > > language, yea, I guess I think it's bad. A general > > purpose language should strive to support as wide a > > varity of styles as possible. > > Definitely NOT Python's core design principle, indeed the reverse of it.
Priciples are fine if not carried to an extreme, as any examination of religous or political groups will show. > > But this is getting rather off-topic. > > Yep. If you disagree so deeply with Python's foundations, other > language such as Perl, embodying just the "striving" you cherish, should > probably make you much happier. There is much about Perl's rich functionality that is very worthy. Unfortunately, as you know, it's syntax leaves a lot to be desired. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list