2013/10/8 R. David Murray <[email protected]>: > PS: I have always thought it sad that the ready availability of memory, > CPU speed, and disk space tends to result in lazy programs. I understand > there is an effort/value tradeoff, and I make those tradeoffs myself > all the time...but it still makes me sad. Then, again, in my early > programming days I spent a fair amount of time writing and using Forth, > and that probably colors my worldview. :)
In defense of my weak-kneed generation, one of major principles of programming as I understand it is to be as lazy as possible. (That is, have the machine do the work. :)) -- Regards, Benjamin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
