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Fri Feb 16 10:02:24 CET 2007 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-February/071228.html

On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 12:40:54PM +1300, Greg Ewing wrote:
> 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.

   That changes the meaning, but... have you ever tried to ride a horse
designed by a group of Clever Individuals loosely connected by email? ;) I
am afraid of even thinking of its ugliness and speed. (-:
   I think a committee is better than nothing, and I believe CP4E has
been dropped from the agenda.

Oleg.
-- 
     Oleg Broytmann            http://phd.pp.ru/            phd at phd.pp.ru
           Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.

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