Re: A Workshop on Python at NIST

Mark Lutz (mlutz@KaPRE.COM)
Thu, 29 Sep 1994 17:04:38 +0700

> I am also interested in efforts to identify (project?) the stable
> elements of the language, at least for this major revision (r1). I
> think this is necessary to start to convey (and even establish) the
> maturity of the language.

Good idea; establishing the base Python set would make it easier
to convince people to commit to using it.

> Ie, to what degree do the participants want to chart python's future,
> and what might some features of that chart be? (Personally, i'm not
> crazy about any sort of hard charting, and don't even expect that
> would be effective, but i do think it would be good to investigate
> what degree/aspects of charting *would* be helpful, and start to do
> it...)

But guys! I hope you're not suggesting we head towards future Python
design by *committee*... can you say Ada?