Re: variable declaration

From: Roy Smith (roy_at_panix.com)
Date: 02/06/05 

Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 10:05:53 -0500

In article <1grjzia.1a4qr9q1t3p77bN%aleaxit@yahoo.com>,
 aleaxit@yahoo.com (Alex Martelli) wrote:

> This is a good development, overall. Against stupidity, the gods
> themselves contend in vain; Python's entrance into stupid firms broadens
> its potential appeal from less than 10% to around 100% of the market,
> which is good news for sellers of books, tools, training, consultancy
> services, and for Python programmers everywhere -- more demand always
> helps. *BUT* the price is eternal vigilance...

I'm not sure what that last sentence is supposed to mean, but I have
visions (nightmares?) of someday having ANSI, ISO, IEEE, or some other such
organization notice that something useful exists which they haven't yet
standardized/broken and decide to form a committee to do it.

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