Sadly I can't think of a plan B, hence the frustration! Python, as far as I know, is as good as it gets. And I don't have the courage or the capability to improve it myself.
So all I can really do is clasp my hands together and helplessly plead: "Won't Somebody, Please, Think of the Children!" (Meaning struggling non-pro users like me, of course) As far as I'm concerned, the core language has matured to be elegant and terrificly newbie-friendly, but the extended functionality (the standard library) absolutely has not. It disappoints me that Guido and many other developers *seem* to be more concerned with strategies for revamping the former than they are with strategies for improving the latter. If Kay Schluehr, Paul Rubin and John Nagle are opposing this trend and being dismissed as 'carpers' then I fear Python has lost sight of the 'friendliness' it once seemed to aspired to. -----Original Message----- From: Kent Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 July 2007 14:11 To: Barton David Cc: tutor@python.org Subject: Re: [Tutor] Shelve del not reducing file size If it's any solace, there is a small minority of Python users who agree with you. There *are* rough edges in the library modules and the library docs. The great majority of Python users seem to find them good enough and are pleased and amazed at what you can do with the batteries included. A minority find the warts, omissions and inconsistencies to be very frustrating, and not because they (the users) are dumb. IIRC some prominent carpers on comp.lang.python are Kay Schluehr, Paul Rubin and John Nagle. I'm curious, what is plan B? Do you have something better than Python to try? I guess the above-named people are still with Python because the benefits outweigh the warts. Kent This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor