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Re: Proper place for everything

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In article <509441cb$0$29967$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com>,
Steven D'Aprano  <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
>On Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:20:20 -0700, Jason Benjamin wrote:
>>
>> Anybody know of the appropriate place to troll and flame about various
>> Python related issues?  I'm kind of mad about some Python stuff and I
>> need a place to vent where people may or may not listen, but at at least
>> respond.  Thought this would be a strange question, but I might as well
>> start somewhere.
>
>Thank you for your honesty, but trolling is not welcome.
>
>However if you have actual issues about Python, either pro or con, and 
>hope to have a serious, respectful dialog where both parties listen to 
>each other, feel free to raise them here. Keep in mind three things:
>
>- We've probably heard all your arguments a thousand times before. It's
>  unlikely that you are either the first or the last person to notice
>  that (e.g.) Python has significant indentation. So expect a certain
>  amount of brusqueness.
>
>- If your argument boils down to "Python isn't <insert language here>"
>  we will not be sympathetic, and will probably sneer or laugh at you
>  privately. And possibly publicly too.
>
>- If you hope to convince the Python community to change <feature X>,
>  we are constrained by backwards-compatibility issues, policies, and
>  design decisions. Frequently there are (mis-)features that we simply
>  have to live with, for good or ill.

You forgot the fourth point.
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Proper place for everything Jason Benjamin <hexusnexus@gmail.com> - 2012-11-02 04:20 -0700
  Re: Proper place for everything Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2012-11-02 11:38 +0000
    Re: Proper place for everything Jason Benjamin <hexusnexus@gmail.com> - 2012-11-02 06:49 -0700
      Re: Proper place for everything Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2012-11-02 14:29 +0000
      Re: Proper place for everything Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-11-02 13:31 -0400
        Re: Proper place for everything Jason Benjamin <hexusnexus@gmail.com> - 2012-11-02 11:11 -0700
        Re: Proper place for everything Jason Benjamin <hexusnexus@gmail.com> - 2012-11-02 11:51 -0700
          Re: Proper place for everything Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2012-11-02 20:05 +0000
            Re: Proper place for everything Jason Benjamin <hexusnexus@gmail.com> - 2012-11-02 13:48 -0700
              Re: Proper place for everything Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-11-02 22:14 +0000
          Re: Proper place for everything Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-11-02 22:12 +0000
            Re: Proper place for everything rurpy@yahoo.com - 2012-11-05 11:43 -0800
  Re: Proper place for everything Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2012-11-02 11:42 +0000
  Re: Proper place for everything Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2012-11-02 11:47 +0000
  Re: Proper place for everything Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-11-02 13:26 +0100
  Re: Proper place for everything Zero Piraeus <schesis@gmail.com> - 2012-11-02 10:09 -0400
  Re: Proper place for everything Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-11-02 21:57 +0000
    Re: Proper place for everything aahz@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) - 2012-11-03 22:19 -0700
      Re: Proper place for everything Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-11-04 07:58 +0000
        Re: Proper place for everything Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-11-04 06:17 -0500

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