That's why I picked Math, it is also universally accepted, it's very strict, and it leaves the reader to decide its color based on themselves (it's not white btw :)
On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 11:36 AM Tim Daneliuk <i...@tundraware.com> wrote: > On 8/17/20 1:26 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > > For context, see this commit: > > > > > https://github.com/python/peps/commit/0c6427dcec1e98ca0bd46a876a7219ee4a9347f4 > > > > The commit message is highly politically charged and is now a > > permanent part of the Python commit history. The Python Steering > > Council has this to say: > > > > > https://github.com/python/steering-council/issues/34#issuecomment-675028005 > > > > "The SC discussed this and ... we do not deplore the message." > > > > So now we know: go ahead and put all the political messages you like > > into the commit messages, just don't put anything inappropriate into > > the content. White supremacy has been mentioned; who wants to pick the > > next hot topic? > > > > ChrisA > > > Just a few thoughts here ... > > - While languages evolve over time, _in any given moment_ there are better > and worse ways to express ideas in a given language. "The Elements Of > Style" > remains relevant today because it provides guidance on improving > written clarity. It is not some blind defence of the > perfect English. > > - Precision of language and precision of thought go hand in hand. Much > of the grousing about languages standards (in this case, hiding in > drag as social consciousness) is little more than intellectual laziness. > In actual fact, our discipline has burned a lot of intellectual > fuel in trying to find ways to be _more precise_ for things like > specifications, formal semantics, and the like. > > - It is my consistent experience when working with non-native English > speakers, that they wish to _improve_ their use and precision of the > language, not simplify it. > > - Why is English the only target of these social pieties? You never > hear these demands to relax these linguistic standards for, say, French, > German, or Spanish. Similarly, where is the outcry to make > Mandarin, Bantu, Swahili, or Arabic more approachable for > Westerners? > > Methinks there is an ideological skunk in the parlor ... > > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list