On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 18:10 +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > If programming is symbol manipulation, then you should remember that > the > user interface is also symbol manipulation, and it is a MUCH harder > problem than databases, sorting, searching, and all the other > problems > you learn about in academia. The user interface has to communicate > over a > rich but noisy channel using multiple under-specified protocols to a > couple of pounds of meat which processes information using buggy > heuristics evolved over millions of years to find the ripe fruit, > avoid > being eaten, and have sex. If you think getting XML was hard, that's > *nothing* compared to user interfaces.
+1 QOTW! QOTM, even! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
