[Python-Dev] Re: native code compiler? (or, OCaml vs. Python) (original) (raw)

Graham Guttocks graham_guttocks@yahoo.co.nz
Tue, 4 Feb 2003 15:45:27 +1300 (NZDT)

Brett Cannon <bac@OCF.Berkeley.EDU> wrote:

and yes, some people can get a little snappy.

That's an understatement, I think.

But this list's integrity is very high.

Well, at times I just don't agree.

to quote Guido, "bullshit".

Yup, a great example of what I'm talking about.

Interacting with some (not all mind you) of the Python bigwigs tends to leave a bad taste in my mouth, in the same manner as on the qmail or OpenBSD lists. The problem is not what, but how.

Perception and cultural management of project mailinglists is extremely important in developing a project community. This is something that the haskell.org folks for example have really done right. Haskell mailinglists have a general warm, friendly tone that is highly conductive to discourse and community. I wish I could say the same for Python.

===== Regards, Graham

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