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Bill Allen <wallenpb <at> gmail.com> writes:
 
> You have ideas, a text editor, and a computer - best get to coding.
> What's stopping you?  You largely want Python, with modifications.
> Join the development team and help implement those changes, or fork
> your own flavor and do what you wish.  Right?  You imagine it's an
> easy task, so get after it.
[...]

Is it possible that my calling it an easy task was a joke?

Honestly, I'd thought it safe with that one to leave out the smiley -- but then 
I've been away from newsgroups for quite a while!


John