psss...I want to move from Perl to Python

[Rick Johnson]

On Friday, January 29, 2016 at 9:38:23 PM UTC-6, Rustom Mody wrote:
> JustForTheRecord[1]: Rick is someone who I sometimes agree with...

Thanks for reacting in a rational, cool-headed manner. 

Many folks, especially the new members of this group, may
not understand *WHY* i react so passionately when someone
readily admits that they are unwilling to learn a specific
skill, in this case: the programming paradigm known as
Object Oriented Programming (or OOP)

 YOU'D THINK IT WAS *GIN-GI-VI-TIOUS* OR SOMETHING???

And they also may be unaware of the open hostilities that
exists against the OOP paradigm in this very group -- which
is odd, because, why should anyone *FEAR* a paradigm?

And although some may raise legitimate questions regarding
my unorthodox "stylistic mannerisms", my intention is never
to "rant for the sake of ranting", or to "rant for the sake
of disrupting", no, but to rant for the sake of *AWAKING*;
to rant for the sake of *JOLTING* my peers out of their
zombie-like religious trances!

The natural instinct of humans is for us to locate a social
group that we fit neatly into; become a member; adopt a
religious attitude of "my group is the best", and then fight
ferociously against those who are perceived as a threat to
"our little group".

There is no doubt that on a brisk cold morning, none of us
would enjoy having our "warm and cozy blanket" yanked
violently from our bodies so that we become exposed to the
"chilling *BITE* of conscious reality", but sometimes, this
"shock therapy" is only the method that will motivate us to
"rise from our intellectual slumbers".

 SOMETIMES WE ALL NEED A GOOD SMACK ON THE FACE!

And whilst this "motivational philosophy" may indeed be
easier to "preach than to practice", my job is to deliver
these "metaphorical smacks" without pride or prejudice, and
i freely admit, that i myself have benefited personally from
being a "shock therapy" patient. In fact, a very prominent
member of this fine community might even consider his
"smacking therapy" to be the impetus of the personality
otherwise known as Rick (rantingrick) Johnson!

  THOSE WHO SAY DON'T KNOW, AND THOSE WHO KNOW CAN'T SAY!
  
  BUT [CENSORED] KNOWS WHO [CENSORED] IS!!!
  
Therefore, i have become convinced that we can never allow
ourselves to become closed-minded to the many diverse
methods of solving problems, because, as programmers, or
more specifically, *AS ENGINEERS*, our primary and first
directive is to *SOLVE PROBLEMS*!

  INDEED!

And since every problem presents it's own unique challenges,
we must learn to wield the many unique perspectives, unique
techniques, and unique tools that are available to us to
*SOLVE* these *PROBLEMS* in the most *EFFICIENT* manner. A
manner that will *ENSURE* that we produce a high quality
product that requires very little maintenance, or at
minimum, is easy to maintain.

In conclusion, i implore the fine members of this group to
never allow themselves to become a "paradigm ideologue", or
*ANY* form of ideologue for that matter. We must
*CONSTANTLY* resist our natural instincts to religiously
identify ourselves with a "single selfish perspective", and
instead, discover the bits of truth, no matter how trivial,
that exist within in each unique perspective. By adopting
this "objective philosophy", we will not only become better
engineers, we will become better people.

This is the creed of those who are "liberated seekers of
knowledge", and who use that vast trove of knowledge to
enhance the collective, *NOT* slaves mired in the emotional
divisions that are a unfortunate aspect of our selfishly
subjective individual perspectives.

[1]: Acronym unpacking at no additional charge. ;-)