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Python, Named arguments: Pure Genius

by Dave Dash 21Dec07

I decided I want to learn python, if only to learn Django and to “get” what all the python hub-bub is about.

Python’s named arguments in function calls is pure genius. Let me explain.

In PHP, and many other languages you can define a function as such:

function foo($a = 2, $b = 2) { [...]

Better than ORM Object Persistence

by Dave Dash 20Dec07

After talking to people about the benefits and disadvantages of various ORMs… and reading up a little on non RDMBSs like Amazon SimpleDB I came to the realization that ORM is really a hack to get RDBMSs to work as a storage for objects.

I’m being liberal with the term hack. It really does work [...]


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