My google-fu returned, and I found the piece I was looking for earlier. This discusses (from an internal Sun perspective) some of the problems with Java. They make quite a big deal about the problem of changing code across minor releases. I recall (re)reading this at some point and it helped me clarify some ideas floating around in my head.
http://www.internalmemos.com/memos/memodetails.php?memo_id=1321 On Thursday 10 March 2005 03:01, Guido van Rossum wrote: > For those who only remember bool(), Python 1.5.2 was probably the > worst offender here (it had nothing to do with 1.5.1). Mea culpa > etcetera. That was a heck of a long time ago, and Python was a heck of a lot younger then. Hell, I can still remember the interpreter-prints-all-return-values-to-stdout being turned off sometime during the 0.9.x series (best minor-release-change ever!). And while the True/False issue was a complete pain, it at least serves as a good example (in the http://www.despair.com/demotivators/mis24x30prin.html sense of the word <wink>) Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
