[Python-Dev] a quit that actually quits (original) (raw)
Michael Chermside mcherm at mcherm.com
Thu Dec 29 20🔞20 CET 2005
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The F-bot writes:
in reality, some things are carefully thought out and craftily im- plemented, some things are engineering tradeoffs made at a certain time, and some things are just accidents -- but python-dev will happily defend the current solution with the same energy, no matter what it is.
+1 QOTF.
Seriously... I've seen this behavior also, but I haven't ever thought about it as clearly as Fredrik does here. When we go to answer questions we ought to pause briefly first and decide which of these categories applies to a given piece of behavior. I think users will be understanding if we're honest about what are the accidents -- every language or software package has some, and just because it's an accident does NOT mean we should "fix" it.
-- Michael Chermside
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