On Friday 16 September 2005 09:41 am, Terry Hancock wrote: > > (Terry Hancock formulated this plainly, he prefers dumb ways because > > he wants to solve problems, and he doesn't like to perform gymnastics > > with his brain. We have to accept those attitudes. But I believe that > > this is the effect of teaching standards; people don't learn high-level > > algorithm design when they are young enough...) > > Clearly Jerry here believes that arrogance and intelligence must go hand > in hand: just for your education, there is a difference between *being* > intelligent and feeling like you have to *prove* it to everyone you meet. > I learned a long time ago, that there are plenty of *unavoidably* complex > problems out there, so that there's so need to make simple ones complex, > just to prove how clever you are. You're darned right I avoid wasting > time on problems that don't require it.
I *probably* should've used a little more restraint here. ;-) I *definitely* should've spelled Jerzy's name correctly. Sorry, no offense intended. -- Terry Hancock ( hancock at anansispaceworks.com ) Anansi Spaceworks http://www.anansispaceworks.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
