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On 19/02/2015 16:27, Phillip Fleming wrote:
> In my opinion, Python will not take off like C/C++ if there is no ANSI
> standard.
>

Python has already taken off because it doesn't have a standard as such.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence