Path: csiph.com!eeepc.pasdenom.info!news.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder.news-service.com!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!194.109.133.85.MISMATCH!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!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 0.011 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'received:mail- qy0-f174.google.com': 0.05; 'library': 0.06; 'python': 0.08; 'observation': 0.09; 'ratio': 0.09; 'subject:Source': 0.09; 'anymore.': 0.16; 'from:addr:fetchinson': 0.16; 'from:name:daniel fetchinson': 0.16; 'hackers': 0.16; 'psss,': 0.16; 'received:209.85.216.174': 0.16; 'url:putitdown': 0.16; 'ago': 0.17; 'cheers,': 0.17; 'daniel': 0.21; 'frequent': 0.23; 'header :In-Reply-To:1': 0.23; 'code': 0.25; 'correct': 0.28; 'references': 0.28; 'source.': 0.28; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.29; 'list': 0.31; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.31; 'source': 0.31; 'seem': 0.32; 'from:addr:googlemail.com': 0.33; 'does': 0.33; '(my': 0.34; 'there': 0.34; 'user': 0.35; 'went': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'think': 0.37; 'change.': 0.37; 'posts': 0.37; "i'd": 0.38; 'received:209.85': 0.38; 'received:google.com': 0.38; 'subject:: ': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'your': 0.61; 'chat': 0.62; 'world': 0.63; 'price.': 0.79; 'average': 0.82; 'newsgroup,': 0.84; 'perspective.': 0.84; 'popularity': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=ppX2h31S3CU2Fk4zdpmGmc5kP0/nuOSxpojHMNl2Aq8=; b=DJeVeo7Za1ogxlwEVy3n9qYpcBqbrv7cOQvh+pJN6TgYFuJfBjfWM+YRp5lQd/S3YQ rfID9x0ydsAN4MdvaogGDKie/467UubC9zHKv+3r2CW7N/JETr2Z6kslYsWxXmu2t7p5 6ozmT57pzgIQ2vGMEsTIOcKS/t2K8ss/FwEw4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=WCGatj6PCc/uWNbKP78Zff3zmg2maConxGAM0rvRBDYqCy/StuAzSscx12ELy65sLN Qud+gSsoFJfsNVVEithQlD+iX1EjhlPgKA0s680cG/s7YXIeE0uDYfYd9U054OJ+qTjp tRzW2AoZXsek5xwTF+6KZT4LPy1qmzeFG44x8= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <9e25c9bf-4d8b-4484-b8fc-2bfaf6b5820c@n36g2000pre.googlegroups.com> References: <094f6fc5-7242-46c7-b454-4cb29d0c6ef9@q40g2000prh.googlegroups.com> <9e25c9bf-4d8b-4484-b8fc-2bfaf6b5820c@n36g2000pre.googlegroups.com> Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 12:46:48 +0100 Subject: Re: Use the Source Luke From: Daniel Fetchinson To: Python Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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: 22 NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.94.164.166 X-Trace: 1296906418 news.xs4all.nl 41113 [::ffff:82.94.164.166]:59584 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:56013 > For the Python world though, there does seem > to have been a change. A decade ago in this newsgroup, there were > frequent references to standard library source. I don't see that > much anymore. Popularity has a price. A decade ago only hackers were exposed to python who are happy to chat about the source code but these days average computer users (my grandma) frequently come across python and ask questions from a user perspective. So I'd think your observation is correct that the ratio of source related posts to non-source related posts on this list went down but the reason is not because the total number of source related questions decreased but because the total number of non-source related questions increased. Cheers, Daniel -- Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown