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| Date | Mon, 11 Nov 2013 09:25:14 +0000 |
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I never thought I'd be saying this but welcome back Rick :) On 11/11/2013 06:50, Rick Johnson wrote: > On Saturday, November 9, 2013 6:42:04 AM UTC-6, Steven > D'Aprano wrote: >> Uses an example written in Ruby, but don't >> let that put you off: > > Why would it? I write Ruby code all the time. Ruby code in > and of itself does not bother me, what bothers me about Ruby > is the ease at which a programmer can write inconsistent and > convoluted code -- evidenced by the poor examples in your > linked article. Case in point. > > To save anyone else from reading this long-winded "blab > fest" chalk full the driest humor and "cyclic illogical > meandering" that could make a ferris-wheel blush with > jealousy... > > In a nutshell the author attempts to plead for the > "longevity" of "old code bases" simply on the basis of his > assertion that "old code bases" are "less buggy" and > contain more "wisdom" than their new brethren -- both of > which are absurd conclusions! > I recall that the demise of Netscape was due to them trying to completely rewrite code of this nature. The exception that proves the rule? -- Python is the second best programming language in the world. But the best has yet to be invented. Christian Tismer Mark Lawrence
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The narcissism of small code differences Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-11-09 12:42 +0000
Re: The narcissism of small code differences Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-11-09 13:02 +0000
Re: The narcissism of small code differences Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-11-10 22:50 -0800
Re: The narcissism of small code differences Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-11-11 09:25 +0000
Re: The narcissism of small code differences Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-11 20:53 +1100
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