Easter Eggs
Peter Hansen
peter at engcorp.com
Wed Apr 10 20:27:05 EDT 2002
Robin Becker wrote:
>
> >"import this", IIRC.
> ...
> Am I the only person that finds the whole concept of Easter eggs a slap
> in the face from the developers.
You're probably not the only one, but I do not share that view at all.
> When I find this rubbish in M$oft's expensive software I feel outraged.
I'm outraged by their unreliable software, expensive or with Easter
eggs or otherwise. I have absolutely no difficulties with the idea
that the developers, in taking pride in their creation, implemented
an Easter egg. (If it contributed to the unreliability that would
be a different story.)
> Is it better because it's open source? I think not. On the other hand
> perhaps the Python development process is itself a joke. When one
> questions the idiots in charge one ends in the kill file. No one expects
> the Spanish inquisition, but perhaps if rather trite philosophy is
> hidden in python and we have geniuses for developers, what else may be
> embedded therein?
In the case of Python's "import this", I was *very* pleased to find
it there, as it makes it very convenient to pull up that list
without having to resort to a web browser (or even have one handy).
What, you mean you don't refer to that list frequently? Why not?
;-)
-Peter
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