[Python-Dev] New syntax for 'dynamic' attribute access (original) (raw)

Steve Holden steve at holdenweb.com
Fri Feb 16 01:44:55 CET 2007

Greg Ewing wrote:

Oleg Broytmann wrote:

Given that they say "a camel is a horse designed by a committee" BTW, camels are very suited for their environments... The quote is actually "a camel is a racehorse designed by a committee". Camels are very good at surviving in the desert, but not so good at winning a horse race (not camel race). Which is the point of the saying. As far as I know Sir Alec Issigonis, the inventor of the Mini (the car, not the Mac Mini) said this, and he used "horse", not "racehorse".

The point of the saying is that a camel has properties that are completely unnecessary in a horse, such as the ability to travel many days without water. He was saying that committees tend to over-specify and add redundant features rather than designing strictly for purpose.

A bit like Python 3.0 ;-)

regards Steve

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