[Python-ideas] Iterative development

[Chris Angelico]

On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 4:32 AM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 31/01/2014 16:15, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 2:45 AM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Asperger Syndrome sufferers are always honest.  Sadly I find it a major
>>> weakness that I have to live with.  We also take things literally and
>>> write
>>> things literally.  So your "obvious to everyone what you were saying" to
>>> me
>>> is clearly incorrect.  Please withdraw the comment.
>>
>>
>> I know what it's like to live with Aspergers, I have it myself (at
>> least, not formally diagnosed but it seems pretty likely). And I do
>> put my foot in my mouth pretty often. But that doesn't mean that I can
>> hide behind it as a shield when it's this obvious. You knew full well
>> what you were saying when you said you wouldn't mention any names.
>>
>
> Once again I most certainly *DID NOT*.  I knew full well what I was writing.
> I quite deliberately used plurals for that very purpose. Please in future
> stick to your bible bashing as you clearly know far more about that than you
> know about Asperger, with myself having a formal diagnosis.
>
> And please don't bother to withdraw your comment now or apologise, I
> wouldn't accept either as being in any way, shape or form genuine.

I wouldn't withdraw my comment, because I still stand by it. If you
genuinely meant no specifics, then when someone pointed out how they
interpreted your statement, you would have apologized and made a
correction: "I didn't mean anyone in particular, I meant the way
there've been 50 issues reopened unnecessarily by 30 different people
lately", or something. But that wouldn't be true, would it? You really
did mean Anatoly, and that's why you said what you did. Believe you
me, I know more than you think I do. Think of Emma from "Once Upon A
Time" if you like - a strong ability to detect lying, based on a
metric ton of experience with it.

ChrisA