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   John Levine to All   
   Re: language design, naughty Python   
   02 Jan 26 20:34:55   
   
   XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: johnl@taugh.com   
      
   According to c186282  :   
   >   I *like* to make 'perfect' structuring that will   
   >   handle anything, but at times there was time pressure   
   >   to "make it work" and I could not spend days/weeks   
   >   trying to get it 'just perfect'.   
   >   
   >   Sometimes coming BACK to it in a month or two will   
   >   yield sudden inspiration however ... I think the   
   >   annoying problem hides in the back of the mind   
   >   for a long time and gets at least some 'cpu cycles'   
   >   even if you don't realize.   
      
   Yes indeed.  Some of my most productive programming days   
   ended up with fewer lines of code than I started with, but it   
   was faster and had fewer bugs.   
      
      
   --   
   Regards,   
   John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for   
   Dummies",   
   Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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