On 02 Sep 2008 06:10:51 GMT, Steven D'Aprano wrote:At the risk of bike-shedding,[snip]
Peter Pearson wrote:
(startled noises) It is a delight to find a reference to that half-century-old essay (High Finance) by the wonderful C. Northcote Parkinson, but how many readers will catch the allusion?
It is pretty common geek speek: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_of_the_bikeshed Cheers, Alan Isaac -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list