Pollyanna Presentations in Programming Practice (was Re: Twisted Panglossia)

[Mike C. Fletcher]

Dave Benjamin wrote:

>In article <mailman.1054839913.384.python-list at python.org>, David Mertz wrote:
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>>But I've noticed something both on the Twisted list, and when Twisted
>>has come up here on c.l.py recently.  The Twisted developers have a
>>greater excess of enthusiasm for their package than do the developers of
>>other large frameworks (even more than my Pollyannaishness in my
>>ironically confessed advocacy of my own little tools).
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>Really? I had no idea you were Polynesian! ;)
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>A search for "Pollyannaishness" on Google returns 3 results. Merriam Webster
>offers no definition. Care to elucidate this obfuscation? =)
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You'll probably need to look at the root, a good general search strategy 
BTW ;) . In this case, having the character or aspect of a Pollyanna, 
overly optimistic and enthusiastic.

    http://www.bartleby.com/61/83/P0418300.html

Just another shameless self-promoter, (use SimpleParse, OpenGLContext 
and ResourcePackage, darn it, they're |<00|_ ;) :) ),
Mike

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