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PEP 308: Pep Update

Jp Calderone exarkun at intarweb.us
Thu Feb 27 19:48:55 EST 2003 
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:45:52PM +0000, Gareth McCaughan wrote:
> Robin Becker wrote:
> 
> > If we base everything on a 12 year old's understanding/ability we'll get
> > a dumbed down language which is unsuitable for serious programming.
> 
> I fail to see how adding something to Python can turn it into
> a dumbed-down language unsuitable for serious programming,
> no matter how oversimplified or verbose or primitive or
> otherwise horrible the addition is. All those serious programs
> already written in Python will go on working just fine if
> any of the proposed conditional expression forms is introduced.

  Additions to the language affect future use of the language.  Have you
never had to maintain a piece of software?

  Python's minimal syntax is a strength.  Adding to it can reduce that
strength.

  Jp

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