[Python-Dev] Python 2.7b1 and argparse's version action (original) (raw)

Stephen J. Turnbull stephen at xemacs.org
Wed Apr 21 05:41:27 CEST 2010

Tobias Herp writes:

(we use Python because it is convenient!),

Speak for yourself, I want no part of that "we". I use Python because it's well defined and well documented and makes sense and provides powerful operations and runs quickly enough in those applications where I use it.

The fact that it's not excessively inconvenient despite an avowed bias toward EIBTI is the icing, not the cake.

Remember, convenience is explicitly subsidiary: "not every 3 line function needs to be a builtin."

I have no particular opinion the rest of the debate.

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