Meta classes are tricky. so is meta discussion. and whatever this is. I think it is fine to post opinions when one "felt I could not let these particular comments go by."
I may or may not agree with the opinion, but I do like hearing what people think, and being reminded about undesirable behaviour isn't the end of the world. On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Ola Sitarska <o...@sitarska.com> wrote: > I had the same exact feelings when reading that comments here. Thanks for > speaking up Erik! > > On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Erik Romijn <e...@erik.io> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I don’t mean to derail the discussion on board transparency, but I >> felt I could not let these particular comments go by: >> >> >> I bet even Perl programmers have good intentions! >> > >> > They are good at hiding it. >> >> In my opinion, these comments are disrespectful and not inclusive. >> >> I know how it seems fun to poke at other languages. I personally >> have written Perl code in the past, and strongly dislike it. However, >> that doesn’t mean Perl programmers have any less worth. If we make >> it seem as if the Python community considers Perl programmers lesser >> people/programmers, we are making our community unwelcome to people >> that have made different technology choices, or even are unable to >> make different choices. >> >> I assume that these comments were meant as non-malicious jokes. But >> that made it especially important for me to draw attention to the >> effects they can have. So that we can help our community be >> inclusive to everyone :) >> >> Erik >> _______________________________________________ >> PSF-Community mailing list >> PSF-Community@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community >> > > > _______________________________________________ > PSF-Community mailing list > PSF-Community@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community > > -- Carl K
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