Alan Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > Excessive cleverness can lead to unmaintainable code. So can excessive > stupidity.
+1 QOTW. > Since there are a lot more stupid people than clever people out there I > think the more likely scenario is having to maintain unmaintainable code > written by a complete idiot whose programming knowledge comes solely from > books whose titles end with "In 7 Days". Disagree -- far more people THINK they're clever, than really ARE clever. According to a recent article in the Financial Times, over 40% of a typical financial firm's employees firmly believe they are among the 5% best employees of the firm -- and the situation, believe me, is no different in programming. Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
