Python vs C for a mail server

[Sybren Stuvel]

Jim Segrave enlightened us with:
> Any lecturer assigning "write a mail server" as a class project is
> doing his/her students a true dis-service.

At one time, I got an assignment "Write a robust, user friendly SMTP
client".  That was just after we learned how to user 'for' loops and
'if' statements. Talk about dis-services ;-)

Sybren
-- 
The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? 
                                             Frank Zappa