Twisted Panglossia

[Dave Benjamin]

In article <mailman.1054839913.384.python-list at python.org>, David Mertz wrote:
> 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).

Really? I had no idea you were Polynesian! ;)

A search for "Pollyannaishness" on Google returns 3 results. Merriam Webster
offers no definition. Care to elucidate this obfuscation? =)

> Now as with all such critics, I will quickly proclaim that the Twisted
> developers are excellent programmers, and the range of capabilities in
> there is fairly amazing.  But there *are* these old stories about the
> pitfalls of hubris that keep coming to mind... not that I'm advocating
> eye-gauging or anything, just moderation :-).

I vaguely remember Larry Wall mentioning something about hubris being a
virtue... <ducking>

Dave