On 11/12/2013 11:08, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 09:29:56 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >>> I detest python, also, but there's no way w/out it. > >> I like python - the language was designed by a mathematician and it >> shows. Contrast with perl which was designed by a linguist, and that >> shows too. >> >> As you say you can't run Gentoo with portage without Python, that's one >> of the things you know for sure up front. > > What does it matter whether you like the language or not when you are only > using software written in it? It only matters is you develop that > software. I cannot get on with Perl, but I am not at all bothered about > using software written in it.
It doesn't matter whether I like it or not. I just happened to mention that I do. I also like living in a place with 360 days sunshine a year, I like the taste of grilled beef and have a special soft spot for Englishmen skilled in the art of snarky comments (you can thank Monty Python for that one). What does that mean? Not a damn thing. > > If you really have some philosophical or allergenic objection to even > having Python installed, you could always use a different package manager. Well that's what I said, init? "run Gentoo with portage" -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
