On 24/01/2014 22:44, Brian Curtin wrote: > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> On 24/01/2014 17:19, Ram Rachum wrote: >>> >>> Hmm, on one hand I understand the need for the separation between >>> python-dev and python-list, but on the other hand I don't think >>> python-list is a good place to discuss Python, the language. >>> >>> I now looked at the 17 most recent python-list threads. Out of them: >>> >>> - 58% are about third-party packages. >>> - 17% are off-topic (not even programming related) >>> - 11% are 2-vs-3 discussions >>> - 5% are job offers. >>> - 5% (which is just one thread out of 17) is about Python the language. >>> >> >> >> I'm extremely impressed by your knowledge of statistics, it must have taken >> you many man years of effort to analyse all 17 threads in such detail. >> >> >>> So can you understand why someone would be reluctant to start a >>> discussion in python-list about Python the language there? Especially if >>> this is the same place where beginners might ask newbies questions about >>> Python? (So not only are actual Python questions just 5% of the content, >>> non-newbie questions are just a subset of that 5%.) >>> >>> it's full of people asking about third-party Python packages, or asking >>> newbie questions. >>> >> >> How terrible, fancy having the audacity to ask about third party packages or >> newbie questions on the *MAIN* Python mailing list. There's yet another >> reason to bring back the death penalty in the UK. > > Please adjust the tone of your messages if you are going to use this > mailing list. > I'm sorry but I do not understand, please explain what is wrong with an extremely heavy dose of sarcasm. -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence
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