[Python-ideas] Bloody FAQ (Was: [Python-Dev] itertools.chunks(iterable, size, fill=None))

[alex23]

On Jul 6, 5:41 am, anatoly techtonik <techto... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Why nobody thinks that lazy coders can also
> help with development? Maybe that laziness is the primary reason some
> major groups actually prefer Python to Java, C++ and other more
> interesting languages (such as PHP) when it comes to typing?

You make this criticism fairly regularly and yet you yourself
constantly make suggestions and refuse to provide implementations. I
have a hard time reconciling the implicit anger in this statement:

> Why waste each others time? If people don't enjoy repeating themselves over
> and over - there is a bloody wiki.

...with ones you have previously made defending your _own_
unwillingness to examine pre-existing discussion:

> It's too boring to live in a world of existing knowledge and expertise

You yourself feel you have no responsibility in understanding a
situation before demanding that it be raised for discussion. I'm not
sure _what_ others could put into place that would _make_ you perform
this action.

> Answers like "this was discussed
> before" don't make it easy to understand, and leaving users rereading
> old 19xx archives that people don't reread themselves will likely make
> users bounce and never (NEVER!) come up with some proposal again.

Once again you're putting the burden on _others_ to somehow come up
with mechanisms to force people to do the due diligence they should be
capable of doing as a programmer.

Frankly, I'm of the opinion that if someone cannot be bothered putting
the effort into understanding the pre-existing content for a proposal
they're making, then yes, they simply should not come up with that
proposal. I'm not entirely sure why you feel people should be entitled
to request far more than they're willing to contribute.