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Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 20:20:41 +1100
Subject: Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:18:47 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> True, but nobody prints source code out on paper do they?
>
> I do.
>
> There's nothing better than spreading out a dozen sheets of source code
> over a table to get a good, high-level overview of what does what in
> preparation to refactoring it.
>
>> Seriously -- I can't remember the last time I printed souce code...
>
> I've never printed souce code either *wink*

So what you actually mean is that there's nothing _like_ spreading out
&c &c. I should think that throwing cold water over the code would be
better.

ChrisA