From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2007-11-14T05:27:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Yielding an object and caring about the result: the cous

On Nov 13, 2007, at 2:22 PM, Daniel Waite wrote:

> James Gray wrote:
>> Me too!
>>
>> Ara communicated everything I have been trying to say far better than
>> I did or even could have.  I need to print his message out and put it
>> on the wall in my office.
>>
>> James Edward Gray II
>
> No worries there, James. I, too would like to post this somewhere
> (writing a blog entry right now), but after trying to quote him, the
> text suddenly feels lacking the punch I felt when I first read it. I
> think this is due, in part, to the lack of context.
>
> Do you think we can extract a general principle from what he's said?
> Maybe something akin to the "tips" in The Pragmatic Programmer?

Ara knows and sees all?  ;)

Or perhaps:  Don't let fancy programming get in the way of good  
programming.

James Edward Gray II