[Python-Dev] YAGNI (original) (raw)

Tim Peters tim.one@comcast.net
Fri, 22 Mar 2002 15:57:53 -0500

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... * I can never remember what YAGNI stands for; it's not that common, even here on python-dev

That's why it's needed here, although it came from a culture building payroll apps, not programming infrastructure. Heck, if Unix dweebs had applied YAGNI, ls wouldn't have 51 useless options .