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[Martijn Faassen]

Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it> wrote:
> "Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams" <ignacio at openservices.net> wrote in message
> news:mailman.1000683919.16296.python-list at python.org...
>    ...
>> >   What I meant was, wich library do you think the Python community
>> > needs? Or do we need a new one...
>>
>> Well, the way I usually do it is to find a problem that I need to solve,
> the
>> write the code necessary to solve it. Not the other way around.

> We're supposed to make it *LOOK* that way, yes, but, hey, deep
> down many of us aren't driven by *application needs* in tinkering
> with tools.  At least, I know I am not, and I've known many other
> geeks who feel the same.  The tools are the FUN part -- pity we
> have to justify the tools' existence by looking for problems
> they will help solving!-)

Lots of us work that way, but I also know several programming types 
who don't. This is actually quite awesome and wonderful if you get to
work with these people on a project. You can do all the tools to build the
tools to build the tools framework design, and when you actually need to
use it all (the boring stuff) the other person leaps up in joy and does
most of it for you!

Definitely recommended. That way I can stay a lazy programmer. :)

Regards,

Martijn
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