On Apr 15, 2:29 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) wrote: > Sherm Pendley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Paddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I don't think we should add it to Python > > > because it would make porting VB code easier. > > > Great Cthulhu no! > > > I chimed in because your first comment regarding Perl implied that it's > > commonplace for Perl programmers to fiddle with the index base. It can > > be done, for historical reasons, but it's far from common. > > Reminds me of APL's worst blunder -- "quadIO" (with IO standing for > Index Origin, NOT Input/Output) could be set to 0 or 1, with global > effect. I worked a lot with APL and mostly loved it (APL2 even more > so), and I'm saddened to read that the ACM wants to disband the APL SIG > for lack of activity (though no doubt it's a reasonable decision, it > badly tickles my nostalgia for years and decades gone) -- but the quadIO > design decision was a truly major design blunder, and made it hell to > integrate APL code from multiple sources. > > Alex
So the running count is: Ayes to the left: VB compatibility. Nays to the right: QuadIO, Perl, Dijkstra paper. The nays have it! - Paddy. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
