Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.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 0.095 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.81; '*S*': 0.00; 'encoding': 0.05; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'psf': 0.10; 'language.': 0.14; 'subject:PSF': 0.14; '>on': 0.16; 'encoding.': 0.16; 'pierre': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'implementing': 0.19; 'memory': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'unicode': 0.24; 'url:moin': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'character': 0.29; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'url:wiki': 0.31; 'received:192.168.1.3': 0.31; 'url:python': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'skip:> 10': 0.36; 'whilst': 0.36; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'performance': 0.37; 'expected': 0.38; 'subject:new': 0.38; 'question,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'read': 0.60; 'french': 0.61; 'helps': 0.61; 'new': 0.61; "you're": 0.61; 'subject:more': 0.64; 'chance': 0.65; 'bridge': 0.65; 'phone': 0.66; 'between': 0.67; 'mail.': 0.69; 'savings': 0.81; 'gap': 0.84; 'recognition': 0.84; 'subject:\t': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:user-agent:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:subject:from:date:to:message-id; bh=ZuRsJbxdecZS+M7LasPQYv5zFSxJbmnlmSK5y1YhkQE=; b=ijdPXkBvPA0otg3Fsdahkd1yhKq9doti1z7L0TNJpNxLDQdaPnd34L7ACVoaJnFNRg IQtoHKly2fzZuLHA6tz1swCeiV07g2MNcg65w5tJakhecCKWq1m/OoduMDfFiQYXXArV 47TQNhd9Du4eeoZhhWG4f1C13u6ph2mdRSZLRXt/9pj4Jc1oVj+nQoWEfIzW/j/9W2Q1 TRjFfaOdRtAhaq9R+ns9WnJp9qvRQyYtZNVcDWLSWv/J9upWtHtRDrD2SQka97FBNc/A Np2+QM3i/NXNs10mEGq1PffaBIbpNn/fdxNi7qAihWm3uaIoiAFt6/6EDYDXe1kXT84X iHrg== X-Received: by 10.180.74.67 with SMTP id r3mr11143023wiv.14.1364840163393; Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:16:03 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android In-Reply-To: References: <2d2jl892k6hteccmlmjg8tlcdiqefmla5e@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----TGOAJ1YMRUAQDPNOEL6JX4T9032O89" Subject: Re: PSF News: Guido van Rossum quitting Python to develop new, more difficult to learn, language. From: Steve Simmons Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:15:45 +0100 To: python-list@python.org 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: 49 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1364840165 news.xs4all.nl 6852 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:59756 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:42479 ------TGOAJ1YMRUAQDPNOEL6JX4T9032O89 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit It's in recognition of the gap between English and French - it helps you to bridge it. Mark Lawrence wrote: >On 01/04/2013 16:30, Pierre O'Dee wrote: >> >> Some features have already been hinted at for the new language. >> No Unicode -- BAUDOT is expected to be the new character >> encoding. >> >> --Pierre O'Dee, self-appointed spokesman for the PSF >> > >This is excellent news, no unicode means no chance of any performance >regressions whilst implementing stupid things like memory savings and >correctness. > >One question, why use a character encoding that's named after a very >famous French actress? > >-- >If you're using GoogleCrap™ please read this >http://wiki.python.org/moin/GoogleGroupsPython. > >Mark Lawrence > >-- >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ------TGOAJ1YMRUAQDPNOEL6JX4T9032O89 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit It's in recognition of the gap between English and French - it helps you to bridge it.


Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
On 01/04/2013 16:30, Pierre O'Dee wrote:

Some features have already been hinted at for the new language.
No Unicode -- BAUDOT is expected to be the new character
encoding.

--Pierre O'Dee, self-appointed spokesman for the PSF


This is excellent news, no unicode means no chance of any performance
regressions whilst implementing stupid things like memory savings and
correctness.

One question, why use a character encoding that's named after a very
famous French actress?

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