On Friday, January 29, 2016 at 9:38:23 PM UTC-6, Rustom Mody wrote: > JustForTheRecord[1]: Rick is someone who I sometimes agree with...
Thanks for reacting in a rational, cool-headed manner. Many folks, especially the new members of this group, may not understand *WHY* i react so passionately when someone readily admits that they are unwilling to learn a specific skill, in this case: the programming paradigm known as Object Oriented Programming (or OOP) YOU'D THINK IT WAS *GIN-GI-VI-TIOUS* OR SOMETHING??? And they also may be unaware of the open hostilities that exists against the OOP paradigm in this very group -- which is odd, because, why should anyone *FEAR* a paradigm? And although some may raise legitimate questions regarding my unorthodox "stylistic mannerisms", my intention is never to "rant for the sake of ranting", or to "rant for the sake of disrupting", no, but to rant for the sake of *AWAKING*; to rant for the sake of *JOLTING* my peers out of their zombie-like religious trances! The natural instinct of humans is for us to locate a social group that we fit neatly into; become a member; adopt a religious attitude of "my group is the best", and then fight ferociously against those who are perceived as a threat to "our little group". There is no doubt that on a brisk cold morning, none of us would enjoy having our "warm and cozy blanket" yanked violently from our bodies so that we become exposed to the "chilling *BITE* of conscious reality", but sometimes, this "shock therapy" is only the method that will motivate us to "rise from our intellectual slumbers". SOMETIMES WE ALL NEED A GOOD SMACK ON THE FACE! And whilst this "motivational philosophy" may indeed be easier to "preach than to practice", my job is to deliver these "metaphorical smacks" without pride or prejudice, and i freely admit, that i myself have benefited personally from being a "shock therapy" patient. In fact, a very prominent member of this fine community might even consider his "smacking therapy" to be the impetus of the personality otherwise known as Rick (rantingrick) Johnson! THOSE WHO SAY DON'T KNOW, AND THOSE WHO KNOW CAN'T SAY! BUT [CENSORED] KNOWS WHO [CENSORED] IS!!! Therefore, i have become convinced that we can never allow ourselves to become closed-minded to the many diverse methods of solving problems, because, as programmers, or more specifically, *AS ENGINEERS*, our primary and first directive is to *SOLVE PROBLEMS*! INDEED! And since every problem presents it's own unique challenges, we must learn to wield the many unique perspectives, unique techniques, and unique tools that are available to us to *SOLVE* these *PROBLEMS* in the most *EFFICIENT* manner. A manner that will *ENSURE* that we produce a high quality product that requires very little maintenance, or at minimum, is easy to maintain. In conclusion, i implore the fine members of this group to never allow themselves to become a "paradigm ideologue", or *ANY* form of ideologue for that matter. We must *CONSTANTLY* resist our natural instincts to religiously identify ourselves with a "single selfish perspective", and instead, discover the bits of truth, no matter how trivial, that exist within in each unique perspective. By adopting this "objective philosophy", we will not only become better engineers, we will become better people. This is the creed of those who are "liberated seekers of knowledge", and who use that vast trove of knowledge to enhance the collective, *NOT* slaves mired in the emotional divisions that are a unfortunate aspect of our selfishly subjective individual perspectives. [1]: Acronym unpacking at no additional charge. ;-) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
