>You can see my reaction on the Python list.
>
>....
>
>Having come from a very productive dynamic language (Visual FoxPro) that MS
>first said could not be ported to .Net, and then when it obviously was
>possible (in 2005) made no attempt to do so, I'm having a deja vu experience
>all over again. I'll try not to be as cynical and sarcastic as last time,
>but I'm having to hold my arm down (shades of Dr. Strangelove) and hold my
>tongue to prevent shouting out "Middle Management Uber Alles!" (referencing
>Jimmy's blog post).
>
>And so it goes...

Amazingly, though, I also couldn't resist the same shadow in message #1476058... weird, isn't it? I mean, I did it before I saw your message.