python without OO

Alex Martelli aleaxit at yahoo.com
Thu Jan 27 08:39:57 EST 2005


PA <petite.abeille at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes. But even with the "best" tool and the "best" intents, projects 
> still fail. In fact, most IT projects are considered failures:
> 
> http://www.economist.com/business/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=3423238

The main thesis of the article you quote (although it acknowledges that
other think differently) is that better tools (including iterative, NOT
waterfall, development; and, agile programming approaches, more
generally) are the way to mitigate that horrid track record.


Alex



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