Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!xlned.com!feeder5.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'guido': 0.05; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'psf.': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'rossum': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'jan': 0.12; 'belonging': 0.16; 'manuals.': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'subsequently': 0.16; 'trademark,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'library': 0.18; 'foundation,': 0.20; 'input': 0.22; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.23; 'voting': 0.24; 'least': 0.26; 'defined': 0.27; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'van': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'originally': 0.30; 'url:wiki': 0.31; 'non-profit': 0.31; 'url:wikipedia': 0.31; 'framework': 0.33; 'subject:the': 0.34; 'board': 0.35; 'c++': 0.36; 'corporation,': 0.36; 'done': 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'members.': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'received:71': 0.39; 'sure': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'great': 0.65; '95%': 0.84; 'received:fios.verizon.net': 0.84; 'subject:perfect': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Terry Reedy Subject: Re: What's the future of perfect Python? Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 02:16:24 -0400 References: <2afe53e822333cc-00011.Richmail.00052294890130005718@139.com> <2afe53e84f50316-00009.Richmail.00058204692110809768@139.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-71-175-90-87.phlapa.fios.verizon.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 In-Reply-To: <2afe53e84f50316-00009.Richmail.00058204692110809768@139.com> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 17 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1407737815 news.xs4all.nl 2916 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:35352 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:76026 On 8/11/2014 1:15 AM, 13813962782 wrote: > "Java is belonging to Oracle, C++ is defined by ISO; Python is designed > by great Guido van Rossum > ; Python is owned, as in copyright and trademark, by the Python Software Foundation, a US non-profit corporation, with a Board elected by the voting members. Python is defined by the Reference and Library manuals. It was originally designed by Guido, who subsequently gave it to the PSF. At least 95% of current design work is done by other people under the framework Guido established, with his occasional input to make sure Python 'stays on track'. -- Terry Jan Reedy