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Re: Python or Perl for a Debian maintainance project?



On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 01:16:02PM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 09:34:53AM +0000, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 01:04:41PM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > > Context:
> > > 
> > > > Exceptions should only be used for exceptional circumstances, and even
> > > > then think twice. The single thing for which they are useful is [...]
> > > > This is not often useful - library APIs are the most notable case. Using
> > > > exceptions in any other circumstances is usually a really bad idea.
> > 
> > Bwah? Wrong context.
> 
> That was the immediate ancestor of the message you replied to.  You changed
> your mind already?

No, it was part of a different point. It's only a direct ancestor
because the subthreads are insufficiently granular. I can't really see
how you thought they were related.

The part you quoted above wasn't really related to much at all.

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