I don't know whether to LOL or mourn the part of me that just died inside :-P
j/k j/k clever song, and it made me laugh :) On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 12:40 PM, John Keisling <maththespia...@gmail.com> wrote: > After too much time coding Python scripts and reading Mark Lutz's > Python books, I was inspired to write the following lyrics. For those > too young to remember, the tune is that of "Pinball Wizard," by The > Who. May it bring you as much joy as it brought me! > > > I cut my teeth on BASIC > At scripting I'm no pawn > >From C++ to Java > My code goes on and on > But I ain't seen nothing like this > In any place I've gone > That modeling and sim guy > Sure codes some mean Python! > > He knows his dictionaries > His exceptions never pass > His polymorphic methods > Extend each superclass > He uses indentation > Its lines are clearly drawn > That modeling and sim guy > Sure codes some mean Python! > > He's a Python wizard > His code just never wrecks > A Python wizard > He knows simple beats complex > > How do you think he does it? > (I don't know) > What makes him so good? > > He codes with TkInter > He can render treble clefs > He uses lamdba functions > With *args in their defs > Defines his module search path > Of tuples he's the don > That modeling and sim guy > Sure codes some mean Python! > > I thought I was > The scripting language king > But I just handed > My Python crown to him > > He links in to libraries > All optimized in C > He always uses docstrings > For readability > He knows file iterators > He bids all bugs begone > That modeling and sim guy > Sure codes some mean Python! > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
