Pollyanna Presentations in Programming Practice (was Re: Twisted Panglossia)
Mike C. Fletcher
mcfletch at rogers.com
Thu Jun 5 16:31:33 EDT 2003
Dave Benjamin wrote:
>In article <mailman.1054839913.384.python-list at python.org>, David Mertz wrote:
>
>
>>But I've noticed something both on the Twisted list, and when Twisted
>>has come up here on c.l.py recently. The Twisted developers have a
>>greater excess of enthusiasm for their package than do the developers of
>>other large frameworks (even more than my Pollyannaishness in my
>>ironically confessed advocacy of my own little tools).
>>
>>
>
>Really? I had no idea you were Polynesian! ;)
>
>A search for "Pollyannaishness" on Google returns 3 results. Merriam Webster
>offers no definition. Care to elucidate this obfuscation? =)
>
>
You'll probably need to look at the root, a good general search strategy
BTW ;) . In this case, having the character or aspect of a Pollyanna,
overly optimistic and enthusiastic.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/83/P0418300.html
Just another shameless self-promoter, (use SimpleParse, OpenGLContext
and ResourcePackage, darn it, they're |<00|_ ;) :) ),
Mike
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