What is your favorite Python web framework?
Colin J. Williams
cjw at sympatico.ca
Mon Jul 18 14:15:30 EDT 2005
Luis M. Gonzalez wrote:
> Peter Hansen wrote:
>
>>Gerhard Haering wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 09:06:21AM -0400, Peter Hansen wrote:
>>>
>>>>I'm not familiar with this expression. What do you mean by "black horse"?
>>>
>>>Maybe "the Ferrari of pythonic frameworks" (black horse on yellow
>>>background being the symbol of Ferrari).
>>
>>I know there are "black sheep" in some families, and "dark horse
>>candidates". Also yellow-bellied sapsuckers. There's a "black horse"
>>fish in the Mississippi valley (also, quite coincidentally, of the
>>sucker family). Not entirely sure that was the intended connotation. :-)
>>
>>-Peter
>
>
> I'm used to make those mistakes too...
> This mailing list taught me more English than Python for sure.
> I read the expression "Dark horse contender" many times, and i guess it
> has some reminiscence from medieval times and the cavalry stories.
> It meaning is something like the "unknown that could be the new champ",
> someone intriguing and mysterious who doesn't unveil its skills untill
> showtime. Am I right?
>
> Cheers,
> Luis
>
You're right on!.
Colin W.
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