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Blogging Is Really About Whining. There seems to be a segment of the programming society that's just content with spewing whinage about not being able to get w
by mahmud 17y ago
Blogging Is Really About Whining.
There seems to be a segment of the programming society that's just content with spewing whinage about not being able to get what they want, instead of using what they find and improving it to fit their needs.
I am no Python programmer, but i have looked at twisted and found it trivial to grok. I saw how they have wrapped the Unix system calls and put a layer of abstraction over it .. I didn't like it, and went back to using Common Lisp's iolib. I must have missed an opportunity to blog there :-(
- aaronblohowiak 17y agoI think you're taking a reductionist view, and I think you've missed the point the author was making. The author first expressed his understanding of the influences on individual behavior and then he made specific suggestions (with examples) of how twisted had failed to optimize for a specific outcome within that framework. I consider this analysis and feedback, not whining. You seem to suggest that the author is whining in lieu of being self-sufficient. I can't speak for the author, so I will just speak for myself. I wholeheartedly believe in the self-sufficiency that programming culture promotes. However, I also believe that the easier you make it for others to achieve self-sufficiency in your open-source library, the more successful it will be. I'm happy that you found it trivial to drink deeply of twisted's essence. I also think that you are right that you have an opportunity to blog! I for one would love to read about why you think that CL's iolib is a better abstraction layer than twisted. You haven't missed the opportunity -- I'd upvote that over most of the stuff on the front page!