&gt; Plus the community had developed a careless attitude towards each other where any nastiness got a pass. I saw several flame wars go down in that IRC, bitter arguments that my friends looked at and shook their heads at. One said, &quot;somebody should have been banned long before it got there.&quot;<p>Thank you, it&#x27;s good to be warned. My main reason for liking Python was that the community was so friendly; having used other languages where you say anything and get shot down it&#x27;s a deciding factor for future choices.