I think that replying with an almost canned response, like the one Ned proposed ("unless you are seriously proposing a change to the language, this is not the right list."), would help discourage other list members from responding where responses aren't necessary.
-Ryan Birmingham On 10 January 2017 at 16:58, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > Whether the intent was to annoy or just to provoke, the effect was dozens > of messages with people falling over each other trying to engage the OP, > who clearly was ignorant of most language design issues and uninterested in > learning, and threw some insults in for good measure. The respondents > should have known better. > > -- > --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) > > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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