I don't normally respond to trolls, but I'll make an exception here. On 14 June 2013 04:33, Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thursday, June 13, 2013 3:18:57 PM UTC-5, Joshua Landau wrote: > >> [...] >> GUI is boring. I don't give a damn about that. If I had it >> my way, I'd never write any interfaces again (although >> designing them is fine). Console interaction is faster to >> do and it lets me do the stuff I *want* to do quicker. > > And are you willing to provide *proof* that the console is > faster? Or is this merely just your "opinion"? I would be > ready and willing to compete in a "Pepsi challenge" to > disprove your claim if needed. For instance, if i want to > open a text file on my machine, i merely navigate to the > file via my file browser interface, using clicks along the > way, and then the final double click will open the text file > using it's default program. Are you telling me you can type > the address faster (much less remember the full path) than i > can point and click? And if you think you're going to cheat > by creating an "environment variable", well i can still win > by doing the same thing with a "shortcut".
1) I said it's faster to implement, not faster to use. 2) Yes, I would win that test. Say I want to go to "Projects/Programming Tidbits/FeedLess", I'd write "j Fee". Done. I'm there. What was hard about that? 3) Gee, you think a graphical file manager is good? You should try Ranger. Seriously, it's way better. (Seriously) >> Also - Python is pretty much the only language that >> *isn't* overkill; once you take more than the first few >> steps a language that's *consistent* will help more with >> learning, a mon avis, than these "quicker" languages ever >> will. Python is consistent and simple. > > Your statement is an oft cited misconception of the Python > neophyte. I'm sorry to burst your bubble whilst also raining > on your parade, but Python is NOT consistent. And the more i > learn about Python the more i realize just how inconsistent > the language is. Guido has the correct "base idea", however > he allowed the evolution to become a train wreck. If you ignore stdlib, for a moment, lol. If you include stdlib you're just wrong, but not humorously so. >> [...] >> Basically, "kid" is a *very* generic term and there are >> people who like GUIs and there are people who like >> internals > > Your statement is true however it ignores the elephant in > the room. You can "prefer" console over GUI all day long but > that does not negate the fact that GUI's outperform the > console for many tasks. With the exception of text based > games, the console is as useful for game programming as a > cheese grater is for masturbation -- slightly amusing, but > mostly just painful! I'd like to see you write or do the equivalent of: when-changed $FILE.coffee "coffee -c $FILE.coffee; xclip -selection clipboard < $FILE.js; echo Update" in a GUI. Really, I would. Oh, and then make your result searchable with to all of your other little one-liners, in a process that takes ½ a second to complete. Nevermind that I was talking about console programs being quicker to make this whole time, rather than quicker to use. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list