On 01/14/2013 11:09 AM, John Gordon wrote: > In <mailman.508.1358185089.2939.python-l...@python.org> Michael Torrie > <torr...@gmail.com> writes: > >> On 01/13/2013 09:16 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >>> A programmer had a problem, and thought Now he has "I know, I'll solve >>> two it with threads!" problems. > >> The same applies to regular expressions, which is actually what the >> expression was first used with years ago. Probably applies to just >> about any technology. Including Java. > > Steven cleverly worded it in such a way as to apply directly to threads. > The sentences are jumbled and interleaved, as if they were the output of > two threads that are not synchronized.
Very true! Guess I was too distracted by Python's warts to notice. Haha. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
