Talk:Python (programming language): Difference between revisions

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**This fact seems trivial. Python, like every other major programming language, is used in many different places. Maybe this is worth mentioning in the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] article, but as far as I can see, it's not particularly relevant to Python itself. [[User:Fredrik|Fredrik]] | [[User talk:Fredrik|talk]] 17:49, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)

***I abstain on the other edits (leaning towards agreement) but this one I disagree with. You know and I know that Python is a major programming language, and we have a good idea of just ''how'' major, but we're aiming at a reader who doesn't know. I think if anything, we should be editing in ''more'' places where Python is known to be used, so that the reader gets a real sense of just how widely used it is. -- [[User:Antaeus Feldspar|Antaeus Feldspar]] 18:56, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Hmm, there are some confusing, misleading or plain wrong statements in this article:

* The statements about logical operators are confusing and misleading for a number of reasons;

* Python 2.2 didn't change the truth values of objects, and it's been possible to overload operators since before 1.5.2: it's not a new thing.

* Python doesn't support [[continuation]]s. (It does allow [[continuation passing style]], of course, and the dialect Stackless Python used to support them; but the mainstream language does not.)

(I know should fix the article; but if I don't get around to finishing that, at least my objections are recorded.)