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   rbowman to All   
   Re: language design, naughty Python   
   03 Jan 26 00:17:42   
   
   XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 15:15:53 -0500, c186282 wrote:   
      
   >    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'.   
      
   We had a couple of programmers who tried to handle all possible   
   eventualities. Typically the eventualities never evidenced or whatever the   
   theoretical future does, leaving a very complex piece of code to do the   
   task at hand.   
      
   Solve tomorrow's problems tomorrow.   
      
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