Re: A Exhibition Of Tech Geekers Incompetence: Emacs whitespace-mode
On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:57:17 +0200, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: > vippstar wrote: >> On Aug 14, 8:25 pm, fortunatus wrote: >> >>> On Aug 14, 1:01 pm, vippstar wrote: >>> >>> Why would you fill your website with junk? >>> The OP made it clear: >>> >>> Just wanted to express some frustration with whitespace-mode. >> You took my question out of context and answered it. I read the >> article, it's not like I missed any of it. Plus, it's not a real >> answer. "Because I wanted to". Why did you? Why would you? >> > FYI, Xah Lee is a well known BTFL (Benevolent Troller For Life), you > shouldn't argue about one of his post. Argue??? He is kill filed here wherever I find him. Life is too short to deal w/ idiots. ciao, f -- "Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived." -- Isaac Asimov -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: If Scheme is so good why MIT drops it?
On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:22:29 +0100, MRAB wrote: > magicus wrote: >> On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:11:02 +0100, MRAB >> wrote: >> >>> Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: >>>> On Monday 27 July 2009 16:49:25 Aahz wrote: >>>>> In article , >>>>> >>>>> Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: >>>>>> On Sunday 26 July 2009 21:26:46 David Robinow wrote: >>>>>>> I'm a mediocre programmer. Does this mean I should switch to PHP? >>>>>> I have searched, but I can find nothing about this mediocre >>>>>> language. >>>>>> >>>>>> Could you tell us more? >>>>>> >>>>> :-P >>>>> >>>>> (For anyone who is confused by Hendrik's humor, he is saying that >>>>> David was referring to a programming language named "mediocre". >>>>> English grammar is confusing!) >>>> This is true - I intended, when I started the post, to make a crack >>>> about how he knew that he was mediocre - If there were some exam or >>>> test that you have to pass or fail to be able to make the claim to >>>> mediocrity. I was imagining a sort of devil's rating scale for >>>> programmers, that could cause one to say things like: "I am studying >>>> hard so that I can get my mediocre certificate, and one day I hope to >>>> reach hacker rank". >>>> >>>> And then the similarity to "I am a COBOL programmer" struck me, and I >>>> abandoned the ratings. >>>> >>> If you were a "COBOL" programmer, would you want to shout about it? >>> :-) >> >> The last time I wrote anything in COBOL was sometime in the early 80s. >> Somehow that makes me feel good, heh. >> > COBOL: it feels good when you stop. :-) > It certainly does! > (I was actually referring to the convention of all capitals representing > shouting.) I rarely shout and I thought that to this day it was still referred to as COBOL. I am still glad that I never pursued a career in dealing w/ such a language. ciao, f -- "What you resist, persists." -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: If Scheme is so good why MIT drops it?
On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:11:02 +0100, MRAB wrote: > Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: >> On Monday 27 July 2009 16:49:25 Aahz wrote: >>> In article , >>> >>> Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: On Sunday 26 July 2009 21:26:46 David Robinow wrote: > I'm a mediocre programmer. Does this mean I should switch to PHP? I have searched, but I can find nothing about this mediocre language. Could you tell us more? >>> :-P >>> >>> (For anyone who is confused by Hendrik's humor, he is saying that >>> David was referring to a programming language named "mediocre". >>> English grammar is confusing!) >> >> This is true - I intended, when I started the post, to make a crack >> about how he knew that he was mediocre - If there were some exam or >> test that you have to pass or fail to be able to make the claim to >> mediocrity. I was imagining a sort of devil's rating scale for >> programmers, that could cause one to say things like: "I am studying >> hard so that I can get my mediocre certificate, and one day I hope to >> reach hacker rank". >> >> And then the similarity to "I am a COBOL programmer" struck me, and I >> abandoned the ratings. >> > If you were a "COBOL" programmer, would you want to shout about it? :-) The last time I wrote anything in COBOL was sometime in the early 80s. Somehow that makes me feel good, heh. ciao, f -- “Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef.” -- Tom Robbins -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python Imaging Library download link broken?
On Mon Jun 29 2009 07:21:12 GMT-0400 (EDT) Lawrence D'Oliveiro typed: > In message , Tim Harig wrote: > >> On 2009-06-29, Lawrence D'Oliveiro >> wrote: >> >>> "apt-get install python-imaging", anybody? >> C:\>apt-get install python-imaging >> Bad command or file name > > Sounds more like broken OS with no integrated package management. > :-P It works here in the sense that it reports that there is nothing to do as it is already installed. ciao, f -- "Hell, if you understood everything I say, you'd be me." -- Miles Davis -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
