On Saturday, August 20, 2016 at 8:08:24 PM UTC+12, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > > Lawrence D’Oliveiro: > >> On Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 4:47:28 PM UTC+12, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: >>> >>> ... as a rule, I dislike rules. Rule languages tend to >>> grow out of all bounds, always remain deficient and have impenetrable, >>> ad-hoc semantics. >> >> That’s a very peculiar thing to say, considering that data-driven >> programming is a well-known technique for writing compact code. >> >> Less code, and in particular, less repetitive code => fewer bugs. > > I can't relate to what you say. > > All I can say is that I've encountered numerous bad cases of rule > systems, eg: > > - iptables > > - selinux policies > > - systemd unit files > > - asterisk > > - sendmail
I can’t relate to you, either. All those are spectacularly successful examples of highly-configurable pieces of software. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
