On 11/12/2013 12:23, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:18:43 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> 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. > > My reply was directed more at Bruce's comment, I left yours in to add > context (and, it turned out, confusion). > >> I also like living in a place with 360 days sunshine a year, > > How tedious, what do you talk about? ;-)
The big orange ball in the sky? You have seen it, no? > >> 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). > > I'm not getting involved in that one, arguments are down the corridor. This is abuse, arguments are down that *that* corridor. > >>> 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" > > Don't mention init, that one has its own department. I'm sure that to contract "isn't it" to "init" there has to be an apostrophe somewhere. I can't figure out where to put it... -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
