2009/1/26 Paul Rubin <"http://phr.cx"@nospam.invalid>: > Steve Holden <st...@holdenweb.com> writes: >> Quite. Python is a language "for consenting adults". > > Shouldn't such a language allow consenting adults to enter a BDSM > scene without being moralized at, if that's what they want to do? ;-)
The language doesn't stop you. You can shift all of your code over to Ada if you want to, and although /some/ Pythonistas might shake their heads in bewilderment, I don't think there would be any moralising. The question is whether Python has to /provide/ the BDSM scene for you. I don't think it's realistic for a language to provide every possible degree of BDSM from BCPL to Ada, Eiffel and beyond. A language has to be positioned somewhere on the scale, and deciding whether that's the right point on the scale for you and your project is part of what being a grown-up programmer is about. One size does not fit all, one language is not ideal for all applications. -- Tim Rowe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list