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Re: Variable arguments (*args, **kwargs): seeking elegance

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Date 2013-10-07 08:52 -0500
Subject Re: Variable arguments (*args, **kwargs): seeking elegance
From Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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> What makes Matplotlib so professional?
>
> Assuming that "professional" packages necessarily do the right thing is
> an unsafe assumption. Many packages have *lousy* interfaces.

Not that it's a complete explanation for matplotlib's interfaces, but
it did start out as a Python-based replacement for MATLAB. I seem to
recall that John Hunter started the project because the lab he worked
in as a postdoc only had a single MATLAB license, so it wasn't always
available when he needed it.

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Variable arguments (*args, **kwargs): seeking elegance John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2013-10-05 21:04 -0700
  Re: Variable arguments (*args, **kwargs): seeking elegance Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-10-06 09:25 +0200
  Re: Variable arguments (*args, **kwargs): seeking elegance Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-06 14:34 -0700
  Re: Variable arguments (*args, **kwargs): seeking elegance Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-07 02:43 +0000
    Re: Variable arguments (*args, **kwargs): seeking elegance Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-10-07 08:52 -0500
  Re: Variable arguments (*args, **kwargs): seeking elegance John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2013-10-07 09:26 -0700
    Re: Variable arguments (*args, **kwargs): seeking elegance John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2013-10-07 09:42 -0700
    Re: Variable arguments (*args, **kwargs): seeking elegance Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-07 21:13 +0000
      Re: Variable arguments (*args, **kwargs): seeking elegance John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2013-10-07 14:49 -0700
  Re: Variable arguments (*args, **kwargs): seeking elegance Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-07 14:12 -0700
  Re: Variable arguments (*args, **kwargs): seeking elegance Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-08 01:30 -0700

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