[Python-Dev] PEP 3144: IP Address Manipulation Library for the Python Standard Library

[Nick Coghlan]

skip at pobox.com wrote:
>     Martin> I think it's too early to tell. It may be that they have not yet
>     Martin> achieved their purpose - just let's wait fifty more years (and
>     Martin> I'm only half-joking).
> 
> So what you're really saying is we only have to wait 25 years...

:)

Martin has a really good point though - software development is still
pretty immature as a discipline, being around for mere decades as
opposed to the centuries (or more) that other activities like
mathematics, physics or construction have behind them.

Cheers,
Nick.

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Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia
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