"Only one obvious way..."

[Raffael Cavallaro]

On 2006-05-08 02:51:22 -0400, JShrager at gmail.com said:

> The phrase "only one obvious way..." is nearly the most absurd
> marketing bullshit I have ever heard; topped only by "it fits your
> brain". Why are so many clearly intelligent and apparently
> self-respecting hard-core software engineers repeating this kind of
> claptrap?


Really should read "only one obvious way to people with a similar 
background and little creativity" or "it fits your brain if you've 
mostly programmed in algol syntax languages and alternative ideas make 
said brain hurt."

trimmed to c.l.python and c.l.lisp