Re: [Python-Dev] Wow!

2009-02-17 Thread Lie Ryan
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:04:35 +1300, Greg Ewing wrote: Leif Walsh wrote: If only we had a second Earth to mess with, we could just copy and swap. Or we could use a generational approach, doing all our messy stuff around the moon and copying to earth when we've got our traffic control

Re: [Python-Dev] Wow!

2009-02-16 Thread Leif Walsh
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 9:14 PM, Greg Ewing greg.ew...@canterbury.ac.nz wrote: Also it sounds like they could do with a really good garbage collection algorithm just now. If only we had a second Earth to mess with, we could just copy and swap. -- Cheers, Leif

Re: [Python-Dev] Wow!

2009-02-16 Thread Greg Ewing
Leif Walsh wrote: If only we had a second Earth to mess with, we could just copy and swap. Or we could use a generational approach, doing all our messy stuff around the moon and copying to earth when we've got our traffic control issues sorted out. -- Greg

Re: [Python-Dev] Wow!

2009-02-13 Thread Kirk McDonald
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_Syndrome On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Raymond Hettinger pyt...@rcn.com wrote: http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-satellite-collision15-2009feb15,0,7901281.story ___ Python-Dev mailing list

Re: [Python-Dev] Wow!

2009-02-13 Thread Brett Cannon
Is there a Python connection I'm missing? On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 13:12, Raymond Hettinger pyt...@rcn.com wrote: http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-satellite-collision15-2009feb15,0,7901281.story ___ Python-Dev mailing list

Re: [Python-Dev] Wow!

2009-02-13 Thread Greg Ewing
Brett Cannon wrote: Is there a Python connection I'm missing? http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-satellite-collision15-2009feb15,0,7901281.story Well, the front page of python.org does say NASA uses Python... Also it sounds like they could do with a really good garbage

Re: [Python-Dev] Wow, I think I actually *get* it now!

2008-03-21 Thread zooko
Phillip J. Eby wrote: Hm. So it seems to me that maybe one thing that would help is a Setuptools Haters' Guide To Setuptools -- that is, *short* documentation specifically written for people who don't want to use setuptools and want to minimize its impact on their systems. Perhaps relevant

[Python-Dev] Wow, I think I actually *get* it now!

2008-03-20 Thread Phillip J. Eby
At 10:08 PM 3/20/2008 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (off-list): No, but in no situation, except one (where I was extremely pressed for time) was I actually attempting to use setuptools to use any of its features. My experience of it is: If a project uses distutils or apt, installation

Re: [Python-Dev] Wow, I think I actually *get* it now!

2008-03-20 Thread Paul Moore
On 20/03/2008, Phillip J. Eby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, this information is VERY helpful. It makes it blindingly obvious to me now that the difference between loving and hating setuptools is whether you're *intentionally* using it, or whether it shows up in your ecosystem

Re: [Python-Dev] Wow, I think I actually *get* it now!

2008-03-20 Thread Robert Brewer
Phillip J. Eby wrote: Hm. So it seems to me that maybe one thing that would help is a Setuptools Haters' Guide To Setuptools -- that is, *short* documentation specifically written for people who don't want to use setuptools and want to minimize its impact on their systems. I could probably