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<DIV>In a message dated 2007-9-7 7:50:32, bgates@microsoft.com writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Tom
Brown wrote:<BR><BR>> On Thursday 06 September 2007 15:44, Torsten Bronger
wrote:<BR>>> Hallöchen!<BR>>><BR>>> Tom Brown
writes:<BR>>> > [...] Python has been by far the easiest to develop
in. Some<BR>>> > people might say it is not "real programming"
because it is so<BR>>> > easy.<BR>>><BR>>> I can't
believe this. Have you really heard such a statement?<BR>> <BR>>
Yes. I was told this by a C programmer. Something about doing it all<BR>>
yourself and not using provided packages. I countered with something
about<BR>> reinventing the wheel. :)<BR><BR>Point this so-called "C
Programmer" toward Henry Spencer's "Ten Commandments<BR>of C
Programming". Note in particular rule 7:<BR><BR>
7. Thou shalt study thy libraries and strive not to reinvent
them<BR> without cause, that thy code
may be short and readable and thy<BR>
days pleasant and productive.<BR><BR>You can find the whole list
here:<BR><BR>
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=783755<BR><BR>-- <BR><A
href="http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list">http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list</A></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="mailto:bgates@microsoft.com">bgates@microsoft.com</A>? This seems
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