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 -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden Blog of Note: http://holdenweb.blogspot.com See you at PyCon? http://us.pycon.org/TX2007 _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
