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Wasn't Python and Postgresql intentionally created for learning purposes? I'm not saying that this project is just as important, just pointing out that "learnin
by golergka 8y ago
Wasn't Python and Postgresql intentionally created for learning purposes? I'm not saying that this project is just as important, just pointing out that "learning purposes" is not a good predictor of a useless project.
- m_sahaf 8y ago"just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu" ~ Linus Torvalds
- emptybits 8y agoIndeed. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/comp.os.minix/dlNtH7RRrGA/SwRavCzVE7gJ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/comp.os.minix/dlN...
- TomMarius 8y agoYeah, and aren't research projects often meant "for learning purposes" as well? :-)
- steve_adams_86 8y agoNot to mention all of the professional projects which failed and fell off the radar entirely. It's hard to say what has merits without giving it time.
- blattimwind 8y agoPython originated as a scripting language for a niche OS. Postgresql came from adding SQL to postgres (mostly? a research project), while postgres itself was mainly a research project.
- eridius 8y agoSqlite was originally a Tcl extension that "escaped into the wild".