If you consider distraction a thread that drew more than 100 replies, many of them very insightful (including Andrew Koenig's about abilities that has spawned 3-4 new threads), please allow me to disagree.
On 11/22/06, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your presence here has been entirely a distraction. That's a troll to me. > > On 11/22/06, George Sakkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 11/22/06, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 11/22/06, George Sakkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Although I don't necessarily agree with the arguments from a puristic > > > > point of view ("then why not make keys(), values(), items(), read(), > > > > write(), ... builtin GFs ?"), they are indeed a better answer to the > > > > FAQ entry. After all, HCI-based arguments are usually a fancier way of > > > > saying "it's a matter of taste" and arguing against them is like > > > > arguing that green is a better colour than red. > > > > > > I'm so glad you're not trying to hide that you're a troll. > > > > I see how my reply could be misinterpreted as sarcastic but that was > > not at all my intention. If I were a troll,that would be pretty > > obvious after three years in c.l.py. I've supported the vast majority > > of language changes since 2.2-2.3 that I first met Python (even > > controversial ones such as decorators and conditional expressions) as > > well as pretty much all goals listed in PEP 3100. Still, we don't have > > to agree on everything, do we ? After all, what I said essentially was > > that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. That hardly justifies the > > troll labeling. > > > > George > > > > > -- > --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) > _______________________________________________ > Python-3000 mailing list > Python-3000@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/george.sakkis%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com