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Re: suckitude classifications [was Re: Keeping python code and database in sync]

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In article <mailman.13623.1409351910.18130.python-list@python.org>,
 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 5:02 AM, Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> > Speaking of suckitude, we could classify technologies that way:
> >
> > xml: major suckitude
> >
> > rpc: no suckitude
> >
> > python: negative suckitude
> 
> I disagree with your last two qualifications. RPC still sucks, just
> not as much as some things do.

Are we talking the generic concept of Remote Procedure Calls, or the 
specific implementation of Sun RPC?

I'm surprised at the reaction to the word, as if it were something new.  
I thought the term has been in common parlance for many years.  Contrast 
with winitude.

Anyway, I think it is unfair to describe xml as major suckitude.  True, 
it is somewhat outdated, with more modern alternatives such as JSON, 
YAML, protobuffers, etc.  In its day, however, it was a breakthrough 
technology, even if only an incremental outgrowth of SGML.

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Keeping python code and database in sync "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2014-08-29 14:42 +0200
  Re: Keeping python code and database in sync Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-08-29 05:55 -0700
    Re: Keeping python code and database in sync "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2014-08-29 15:19 +0200
  Re: Keeping python code and database in sync Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-08-29 10:54 -0400
    Re: Keeping python code and database in sync Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2014-08-29 12:04 -0500
    suckitude classifications [was Re: Keeping python code and database in sync] Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-08-29 12:02 -0700
    Re: Keeping python code and database in sync Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-08-30 06:34 +1000
    Re: Keeping python code and database in sync Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-30 08:31 +1000
    Re: suckitude classifications [was Re: Keeping python code and database in sync] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-30 08:38 +1000
      Re: suckitude classifications [was Re: Keeping python code and database in sync] Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-08-29 19:19 -0400
        Re: suckitude classifications [was Re: Keeping python code and database in sync] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-30 09:38 +1000
    Re: Keeping python code and database in sync Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> - 2014-08-29 18:47 -0500
    Re: Keeping python code and database in sync Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-08-29 16:54 -0700
    Re: Keeping python code and database in sync Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2014-08-29 21:14 -0500
    Re: Keeping python code and database in sync Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-30 12:28 +1000
    Re: suckitude classifications {taken to absurdity} Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-08-30 11:13 -0400

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