General question about Python design goals

[Steve Holden]

Christoph Zwerschke wrote:
> Fredrik Lundh schrieb:
[...]
>>I suggest you look up the phrase "bike shed effect".  next, go read some
>>recent PEP:s to see what's really going on in the Python design universe.
> 
> 
> The bike shed effect is a good explanation and so true. About 8 years 
> ago when I started to work at my current working place at the university 
> I suggested that a bike shed should be provided for people like me. 
> Since then, a lot of million euro projects have been carried out, like 
> introducing SAP software and new projects are in progress. But my bike 
> still is getting wet and anyway, it's still bothering me.
> 
Yes, but that's the academic world, and bike sheds are a real-world 
requirement so they will tend to be ignored indefinitely.

regards
  Steve
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