In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Steve Holden wrote: >> Beliavsky wrote: >>> On May 16, 2:45 pm, "Cameron Laird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> QOTW: "Sometimes you just have to take the path of least distaste". - >>>> Grant >>>> Edwards >>>> >>>> "I want to choose my words carefully here, so I'm not misunderstood. >>> <rest snipped> >>> >>> I think Cameron Laird does a good job with the Python digest but >>> blundered here. Why did he highlight a foul comment having nothing to >>> do with Python? >>> >> In fact it *is* peripherally related, since Gartner are currently doing >> a "survey" on dynamic languages, and there was a considerable effort >> exerted just to make sure that most of the questions actually allowed >> sensible comparisons between the various languages. >> >Please accept my apology: it's Forrester who are currently undertaking >the study on dynamic languages. Anyone interested in helping might look at > >http://python-advocacy.blogspot.com/2007/05/need-help-in-preparing-for-study-of.html > >and (now the study is underway) > >http://python-advocacy.blogspot.com/2007/05/seeking-four-code-samples-for-forrester.html . . . I'll make a few personal comments.
I knew the choice of quotes was in questionable taste. I was out to be provocative without being offensive, though. My apologies to Mr. Beliavsky and anyone else I disappointed. On the whole, I still think I constructed the QOTWs appropriately. I have very little patience with The Analysts as a category. I have friends and acquaintances in the business, and I respect them individually. I am VERY skeptical about the sausage they produce at an institutional level, and can only experience its making for a few minutes at a time. I know Gartner and Forrester are different--they really are. For me, the differences pale in comparison to the dreary simi- larities. Many of the questions Forrester asks are ones that recur here in comp.lang.python (and elsewhere). I think it's a *great* time to comment on them in a lasting way, and I've set up <URL: http://wiki.python.org/moin/What_applications_that_support_'the_application_lifecycle'_are_available_to_Python_developers%3f > to encourage that. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
