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[Tim Hammerquist]

Me parece que Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it> dijo:
> "Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams" <ignacio at openservices.net> wrote in message
> news:mailman.1000683919.16296.python-list at python.org...
>     ...
> > >   What I meant was, wich library do you think the Python community
> > > needs? Or do we need a new one...
> >
> > Well, the way I usually do it is to find a problem that I need to solve,
> the
> > write the code necessary to solve it. Not the other way around.
> 
> We're supposed to make it *LOOK* that way, yes, but, hey, deep
> down many of us aren't driven by *application needs* in tinkering
> with tools.  At least, I know I am not, and I've known many other
> geeks who feel the same.  The tools are the FUN part -- pity we
> have to justify the tools' existence by looking for problems
> they will help solving!-)

This is the best explanation of my programming drive I've seen on this
or any other NG.  I'm glad we were able to put aside the problems of our
language preferences.  <wink>

> Alex

-Tim

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