Subj : old dutch
To   : Kees van Eeten
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Mon Nov 28 2016 13:39:12

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Hey Kees!

 KvE> They are my preferred tools for any idea I get as well.

They are extremely handy for testing ideas.  I doubt utf-8 would have gotten any attention here had it not been true to that cause.  It took some tweaking at first.

 KvE> if I look into the history and use of Python

That I wouldn't know much about but it wouldn't surprise me that the original intention was lost along the way.  For example Larry Wall's original intention for perl was for creating a tool to submit his resume around the network on Solaris machines.  It was others who ran with it so that it's intent has VASTLY ballooned from that point to it's overbloated condition found today.  I cannot say what Guido van Rossum originally intended for python but I can and do point out how it is being used today and my observation has and is that it's appealing to MS type hackers more than likely due to the lack of suitable development tools in WindowsLand and has spread lately to include Ubuntu types as well as the Android people.  Last I checked the Android people cited python apps only second to java based ones which explains the lack of Android within my sphere of influence.  I don't use java either and never have and never likely will as it appears to be on the abandonware road.

That is my story and I am sticking to it.  ;-)

Life is good,
Maurice

.... Gif ðu wille godne hlisan habban, ne fægna ðu nanes yfeles.
    If you want to have a good reputation, don't rejoice in any evil.
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