On 2013-02-11 00:36, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Rick Johnson wrote:
On Sunday, February 10, 2013 5:29:54 AM UTC-6, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Rick wrote:
And you have missed my point, which is that reversed(), and sorted(),
were not added to the language on a whim, but because they were
requested, over and over and over again.
Well, well, this explains everything!
We don't add features because of logic, or because of consistency, or even
because of good sense, we simply add them to appease the masses.
I remember a time when he was saying that the developers of the
language were ignoring the silent majority. Now he's saying that we
shouldn't simply add things to appease the masses.
They were requested because people kept re-inventing them. They kept
re-inventing them because they are useful functions that make good sense to
have.
Exactly.
Practicality beats purity, and all that.
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