Functionalism, aesthetics Was:(RE: I come to praise .join, not

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <mailman.985066344.32125.python-list at python.org>,
Clark C. Evans <cce at clarkevans.com> wrote:
>
>Well, this is a problem with open source in general.  Most 
>coders have the attitude: "If you can't code, get out of
>the kitchen".  Sad, but true.

There's some of this in the Python community, but more often around here
it's simply a demand to be clear about what's wanted.  As Tim is fond of
pointing out, every time he asks people how to do floating point "the
right way", he gets *at* *least* as many answers as people responding.
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