Does anyone else not find the fun in programming...?

Arthur ajsiegel at optonline.com
Tue Jan 13 13:00:58 EST 2004


On 13 Jan 2004 08:23:46 -0800, chris.lyon at spritenote.co.uk (Chris
Lyon) wrote:

>I find python very effective as a language and can generally project
>most of my hazy thoughts into it. But FUN !!! This is work dammit,
>I have now ground my teeth down from the number of times I read that
>programming is fun. Football (association) is fun, walking along
>canals is fun, Arguing about quite how useless the British Government
>is fun but programming  ?
>

I reserve Python for fun, i.e. use it for projects having no $ motive.
Scheduling Python  work on  "when the mood stkes me" basis, i.e.
unscheduled.

>Do I need help ?

Since, for me,  it's  most particularly fun when I *should* be doing
something else:  

it would seem, I do.

Art




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