Raymond Hettinger wrote: > [Steven D'Aprano] [...] > > While the sentiment behind the list.clear() suggestion is noble, it is > an exercise in futility to design a language around the presumption > that other programmers are incapable of learning the basics of the > language. > +1 QOTW
> There was a pithy Tim Peters quotation to the effect that he was > unpersuaded by language proposals predicated on some hypothetical > average programmer not being smart enough to understand something that > the rest of us find to be basic. > Well, for those who can't find it you just provided a fairly pithy Raymond Hettinger quote :-) regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
