[Python-Dev] Re: Stability and change (original) (raw)

Gordon McMillan gmcm@hypernet.com
Mon, 8 Apr 2002 15:39:47 -0400

On 8 Apr 2002 at 14:09, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> Are the conservative forces truly the majority, or > are they simply the most vocal?

I'd be very surprised if they weren't in the majority. It's pretty much what the word conservative means, right?

It means being cautious. It's a label that reactionaries love to hijack, so they can paint the (merely) cautious as "liberals" and anyone with a new idea as "lunatic fringe".

Conservatives will stay quietly on an older release. Reactionaries will post to c.l.py.

-- Gordon http://www.mcmillan-inc.com/