Re: A quick c.l.p netiquette question

2005-09-30 Thread Steve Holden
Peter Hansen wrote: > Fredrik Lundh wrote: > >>Peter Hansen wrote: >> >>>Does it really have to be 158 lines to demonstrate these few issues? I >>>for one almost never take the time to dig through 158 lines of someone >>>else's code, partly on the assumption that almost any interesting issue >>>c

Re: A quick c.l.p netiquette question

2005-09-29 Thread Peter Hansen
Fredrik Lundh wrote: > Peter Hansen wrote: >>Does it really have to be 158 lines to demonstrate these few issues? I >>for one almost never take the time to dig through 158 lines of someone >>else's code, partly on the assumption that almost any interesting issue >>can be covered (using Python, spe

RE: A quick c.l.p netiquette question

2005-09-29 Thread Delaney, Timothy (Tim)
Richie Hindle wrote: > I didn't read every one of his 158 lines, but his code is pure > poetry, or possibly triple-distilled evil, depending on your point of > view. 158 lines very well spent either way! I definitely fall in the "pure evil" camp ;) It's been a while since I chuckled at code ...

Re: A quick c.l.p netiquette question

2005-09-29 Thread Mike Meyer
Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I think you missed the other Peter's second post, where he points to >> his >> program: http://www.pick.ucam.org/~ptc24/yvfc.html >> I didn't read every one of his 158 lines, but his code is pure >> poetry, or >> possibly triple-distilled evil, depending

Re: A quick c.l.p netiquette question

2005-09-29 Thread Steve Holden
Richie Hindle wrote: > [Peter] > >>Does it really have to be 158 lines to demonstrate these few issues? > > > I think you missed the other Peter's second post, where he points to his > program: http://www.pick.ucam.org/~ptc24/yvfc.html > > I didn't read every one of his 158 lines, but his code

Re: A quick c.l.p netiquette question

2005-09-29 Thread Duncan Booth
Richie Hindle wrote: > > [Peter] >> Does it really have to be 158 lines to demonstrate these few issues? > > I think you missed the other Peter's second post, where he points to > his program: http://www.pick.ucam.org/~ptc24/yvfc.html > > I didn't read every one of his 158 lines, but his code i

Re: A quick c.l.p netiquette question

2005-09-29 Thread Richie Hindle
[Peter] > Does it really have to be 158 lines to demonstrate these few issues? I think you missed the other Peter's second post, where he points to his program: http://www.pick.ucam.org/~ptc24/yvfc.html I didn't read every one of his 158 lines, but his code is pure poetry, or possibly triple-dis

Re: A quick c.l.p netiquette question

2005-09-29 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Peter Hansen wrote: > Does it really have to be 158 lines to demonstrate these few issues? I > for one almost never take the time to dig through 158 lines of someone > else's code, partly on the assumption that almost any interesting issue > can be covered (using Python, specifically) in about a

Re: A quick c.l.p netiquette question

2005-09-29 Thread Peter Hansen
Peter Corbett wrote: > I've written a program to illustrate a few... syntactic issues with > Python. It's 158 <80 character lines long. > > About how short should a program be to be postable to this newsgroup - > in other words, at what length should you stick it on a web page and > post a link?

Re: A quick c.l.p netiquette question

2005-09-29 Thread Peter Corbett
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Peter> About how short should a program be to be postable to this > Peter> newsgroup - in other words, at what length should you stick it on > Peter> a web page and post a link? > > 158 lines is probably not a killer. However, consider what misbehaving n

Re: A quick c.l.p netiquette question

2005-09-29 Thread skip
Peter> About how short should a program be to be postable to this Peter> newsgroup - in other words, at what length should you stick it on Peter> a web page and post a link? 158 lines is probably not a killer. However, consider what misbehaving news and mail readers are likely to do