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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 22:46:19 -0700
Subject: Re: Guido rethinking removal of cmp from sort method
From: geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 10:30 PM, harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> wrote:
> Brian Quinlan wrote:
>>
>> I suspect that this debate is a sink hole that I won't be able to escape
>> from alive but...
>
> ... live long and prosper my friend.
>
> Something to consider is that OOP philosophy is technically one of the most
> aesthetic concepts in all of computer science--- with pure functional
> programming (haskel, erlang) as a close second...

I like how you inserted the word 'technically' in there to give this
totally unsubstantiated assertion apparent weight.

Geremy Condra