Re: Wheel-reinvention with Python
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Re: Wheel-reinvention with Python

From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
Date: Sun Jul 31 2005 - 21:09:18 CEST

Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> writes:

> The others are non-Pythonic because they're not included in the
> standard distro and therefore the Pythonic "use the included
> batteries" tenet says to use Tkinter despite its flaws.

When did "use the included batteries" become pythonic? "import this"
says nothing about batteries.

Nah, using Tkinter is pythonic because "practicality beats purity".

     <mike

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Received on Thu Sep 29 17:17:52 2005