More so than it being easy, is that it is fun. Most Python programmers like a good challenge. Thus they will completely ignore a much better solution right next to them and instead rejoice in writing their own, having fun and even learning something in the process.
Grumpy Old Man | 06.09.05 - 7:04 pm | #

That, too...
Hans Nowak | Homepage | 06.09.05 - 8:15 pm | #

That is one of the main problems with all python projects: python is too easy, and what is worse, makes people think that they are smarter than they are.

So you end up with the mess of junk python libraries out there, and this even applies to the standard libs...

Oh, well, I just wrote my own configuration system in 50 lines because I could not stand the nausea of even looking at ConfigParser.
uriel | 06.10.05 - 1:38 am | #

Haha, Oh man, Config Parser is not that bad. Have you ever tried to figure out Logging?
drosser | 06.10.05 - 3:36 pm | #

A few references that would be useful for a Web application framework developer.

http://www.w3.org/TR/chips/
http://www.w3.org/TR/webarch/
http://www.xml.com/pub/at/34

These 3 resources are a must to read
karl Dubost | Homepage | 06.13.05 - 4:31 pm | #

That's one reason why I started enhancing an existing framework instead of starting my own: maybe this way nobody can blame me for making things worse.
Jonathan Ellis | Homepage | 07.01.05 - 5:42 pm | #