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Bravo!! Well done! I guess I'm not the only one whose mind instantly played that song in his head when first reading about Django. -----Original Message----- >From: "Doran, Michael D" <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Oct 30, 2010 2:24 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [CODE4LIB] He's Pro-Django (humour) > >He's Pro-Django > >(sung to the tune of "Mr. Bojangles" and with > abject apologies to Jerry Jeff Walker) > > I knew a man pro-Django and he proselytized > For DRY; > "It's plugable, reusable, for rapid dev, > Give it a try." > He praised Python, he praised Python, > Which it's written in. > He's pro-Django, he's pro-Django, he's pro-Django, > That's his stance! > > I met him in a thread on code4lib, I was > So confused. > He seemed to me to be a code guru > And he was so enthused > He talked of code, he talked of code, > That's readable (unlike Perl). > > He said he was pro-Django, and he made his case > Throughout the thread. > He quoted stats, and better apps, and praised Python, > It had appeal. > He showed us graphs, he showed us graphs, > Took on detractors. > He's pro-Django, he's pro-Django, he's pro-Django, > That's his stance! > > He talked to those with coding woes at conferences > About the web. > He spoke with tears of fifteen years maintaining Perl > No commenting at all. > Then a Perl web app died, just up and died, > After two years he still seethes. > He's pro-Django, he's pro-Django, he's pro-Django, > That's his stance! > > He said "I code Python at ev'ry chance at hack-a-thons > and parse MARC blobs. > But most the time I'm working on some Java apps > 'Cause I need this job." > He sent his post, and as he sent his post I saw someone reply "He's > pro-Django, he's pro-Django, he's pro-Django, > That's his stance!" > >-- Michael >(A gray-beard Perl programmer who has resolved to start learning and using Python in 2011) > ># Michael Doran, Systems Librarian ># University of Texas at Arlington ># 817-272-5326 office ># 817-688-1926 mobile ># [log in to unmask] ># http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/