March 2, 2009
4:25 p.m.
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Chris Rebert <pyideas@rebertia.com> wrote:
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 11:16 PM, spir <denis.spir@free.fr> wrote:
Le Sun, 1 Mar 2009 14:31:58 -0800, Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> s'exprima ainsi:
Programming language design is not a rational science. Most reasoning about is is at best rationalization of gut feelings, and at worst plain wrong.
+1 QOTW!
Let me add that this formulation was at least in part inspired by reading "How we decide" by Jonah Lehrer. http://www.amazon.com/How-We-Decide-Jonah-Lehrer/dp/0618620117 -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)