On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 at 10:31, Jim Oberholtzer <midran...@agiletecharch.com> wrote:
> Nicholas: > > I am relatively new to Python, and my system of choice, IBM i on POWER, > now supports Python directly. The open source movement is so strong that I > think Python will be just fine. I've been a system programmer for 35 > years, and this tooling (along with the 1000's APIs that IBM has put into > IBM i (OS/400, iSeries, System I, all the same thing) over the years makes > this one of the most powerful tools I have in my toolkit. > > Might there be a bit of chaos for a while, sure, there always is when the > unexpected occurs, however I sympathize with Guido in many ways since 90% > of people will jump on a target just because it's a target, without even > knowing or caring about the underlying issue. It's today's hyper-partisan > world where the internet shields people from direct contact and thus the > responsibility for what you say and do. That's why I always sign my posts > with my real name and include my company name, to ensure to don't get > involved in flame wars etc. > > While I'm genuinely sad to see that Guido chose to bow out under these > circumstances, I also see a bright future. Remember, the addition of the > POWER line of servers in IBM i (yes AIX and Linux run there too) adds a > significant number of shops that might adopt Python. That means Python is > growing on its own. The legacy is written already, it will just get > better. Jim, Thank you for this very measured and civilized reply Nicholas. > > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list