Of course, you're straying so far from the original
thought behind this thread, and that is that the Python
website is using some terms differently than the majority
of people who will eventually use the site would
understand them. The number of people who are brilliant
enough to actually contribute to the development of the
Python language is miniscule compared to the potential
number of programmers out there who could adopt Python as
their language of choice, and thus consider themselves
'Python developers'.
But the usual distinction (on any project web page) is
"User" versus "Developer".
Who is a "user" of Python? That would be you, right? It
would be fairly silly to have a page only for people who
have programs written in Python that they use (they're
*your program*'s users, not *python*'s users).
"Developer", in context, is clearly "one who *develops*
python", not "one who *uses* python to develop programs".
I don't see the ambiguity. I would be confused by the
opposite usage.
However, what you are complaining of is similar to the
situation with Zope, where "user" actually does have a sane
interpretation (basically "designer" or "scripter"), while a
"developer" is someone working on the Zope core. People who
"develop using Zope" are (still, I think) underrepresented
-- there never was a "product developer" or "component
developer" mailing list, I don't think.
In that context, some people use a term like "Core
Developer". It seems a little redundant to me, but perhaps
it would be less ambiguous?
