Defending the Python lanuage...

[Cliff Wells]

On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 10:40:28 +0100
Laura Creighton wrote:

> Grin.  'Cause I know better! <sticks out tongue>

<looks aghast>  Well... um... this sounds like dangerous territory, so I'll
just concur.

> Don't formalise the process too much.  You are not trying to bring order
> to your establishment by building rules that work top-down.  You are
> trying to foster order that works from the bottom up.  How any two
> people best collaborate can vary with the people -- and if you are
> on a roll you may want, need, and deserve a few days with each other
> and only with each other -- otherwise 10 minutes, or an hour to
> kill this one nasty bug may be enough.

I guess I wasn't expressing myself well, but this sounds much like what I
was saying.  Will you please stop using my own arguments against me!  I
have a natural tendency to argue so you'll end up making me argue against
my own position and then I can't tell if I won or not ;)

> Have you read 'Engineering and The Minds Eye'?  I just finished it.
> Wonderful.  

Not yet, but I will now.

Regards,
Cliff

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