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|    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.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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