Re: The next Xah-lee post contest

2005-02-03 Thread PA
On Feb 02, 2005, at 02:10, alex23 wrote: Which bits especially impress you, the rampant misogyny or the unwarranted intellectual arrogance? A bit of both, really. "Barbie Anthropology" http://xahlee.org/Periodic_dosage_dir/20030919_barbie.html Cheers -- PA, Onnay Equitursay http://alt.textdrive.com

Re: The next Xah-lee post contest

2005-02-02 Thread Luis M. Gonzalez
alex23 wrote: > Luis M. Gonzalez wrote: > > I kind of like this guy... it's like he has a few bugs in his brain, > > but other parts are surprisingly interesting. > > Which bits especially impress you, the rampant misogyny or the > unwarranted intellectual arrogance? I didn't say that I'm "impre

Re: The next Xah-lee post contest

2005-02-01 Thread alex23
Luis M. Gonzalez wrote: > I kind of like this guy... it's like he has a few bugs in his brain, > but other parts are surprisingly interesting. Which bits especially impress you, the rampant misogyny or the unwarranted intellectual arrogance? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-lis

Re: The next Xah-lee post contest

2005-02-01 Thread Peter Hansen
Luis M. Gonzalez wrote: Peter Hansen wrote: Arthur wrote: And the rules of the game, if he shows? Arthur, if Xah Lee shows up at Pycon, he most definitely will not be giving the best impression... Have you visited his website? I kind of like this guy... it's like he has a few bugs in his brain, but

Re: The next Xah-lee post contest

2005-02-01 Thread Thomas Bartkus
"Luis M. Gonzalez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Have you visited his website? > I kind of like this guy... it's like he has a few bugs in his brain, > but other parts are surprisingly interesting. I kind of like him too. I hope he manages to find a babe! As huma

Re: The next Xah-lee post contest

2005-02-01 Thread Luis M. Gonzalez
Peter Hansen wrote: > Arthur wrote: > > Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Would there, I wonder, be any enthusiasm for a "Best Xah Lee impression" > >>prize at PyCon? > > > > And the rules of the game, if he shows? > > Arthur, if Xah Lee shows up at Pycon, he most definitely will > not b

Re: The next Xah-lee post contest

2005-02-01 Thread Peter Hansen
Arthur wrote: Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Would there, I wonder, be any enthusiasm for a "Best Xah Lee impression" prize at PyCon? And the rules of the game, if he shows? Arthur, if Xah Lee shows up at Pycon, he most definitely will not be giving the best impression... -Peter -- http

Re: The next Xah-lee post contest

2005-01-31 Thread Erik Max Francis
Steve Holden wrote: Would there, I wonder, be any enthusiasm for a "Best Xah Lee impression" prize at PyCon? I imagine standing in a corner, facing the wall, and screaming incoherently at the top of your lungs would be guaranteed at least second place. -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] &

Re: The next Xah-lee post contest

2005-01-31 Thread Arthur
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 07:40:40 -0500, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Tragi-comic. really. BTW you forgot cross-post to c.l.scheme, C, >> smalltalk and C++ >> >Would there, I wonder, be any enthusiasm for a "Best Xah Lee impression" >prize at PyCon? And th

Re: The next Xah-lee post contest

2005-01-31 Thread Steve Holden
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tragi-comic. really. BTW you forgot cross-post to c.l.scheme, C, smalltalk and C++ Would there, I wonder, be any enthusiasm for a "Best Xah Lee impression" prize at PyCon? regards Steve -- Steve Holden http://www.holdenweb.com/ Python Web Programming htt

Re: The next Xah-lee post contest

2005-01-30 Thread gene . tani
Tragi-comic. really. BTW you forgot cross-post to c.l.scheme, C, smalltalk and C++ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: The next Xah-lee post contest

2005-01-30 Thread Bryan
Eric Pederson wrote: From: Arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Not sure how Xah got himself into all this. One can easily see that Java programmers are geeks who secretly wanted to make the football team and are now trying to conform, ignoring their language's critical lack of Prolog syntax. Python c

Re: The next Xah-lee post contest

2005-01-30 Thread Eric Pederson
> From: Arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Not sure how Xah got himself into all this. One can easily see that Java programmers are geeks who secretly wanted to make the football team and are now trying to conform, ignoring their language's critical lack of Prolog syntax. Python coders, similarly

Re: The next Xah-lee post contest

2005-01-30 Thread Arthur
On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 15:41:00 +0100, PA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Jan 29, 2005, at 15:32, rbt wrote: > >> Unix donkey! You not elegant. You have poor design. >> Sloppy Perl monkey! You be lazy! You code very very bad. >> >> Xah know all! > >Follow The True Path, follow The Xah Way To Enlight

Re: The next Xah-lee post contest

2005-01-29 Thread PA
On Jan 29, 2005, at 15:32, rbt wrote: Unix donkey! You not elegant. You have poor design. Sloppy Perl monkey! You be lazy! You code very very bad. Xah know all! Follow The True Path, follow The Xah Way To Enlightenment: "The Unix Pestilence" http://www.xahlee.org/UnixResource_dir/freebooks.html Che

Re: The next Xah-lee post contest

2005-01-29 Thread Stephen Thorne
On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 19:05:55 +0530, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > For sometime now, I have just been a passive lurker on this > list. Of late I saw an increase in the number of posts by Xah Lee, and > I have to admit, what he lacks in understanding of the various > programming

Re: The next Xah-lee post contest

2005-01-29 Thread rbt
Steve wrote: Hi All, For sometime now, I have just been a passive lurker on this list. Of late I saw an increase in the number of posts by Xah Lee, and I have to admit, what he lacks in understanding of the various programming languages he talks about, he makes up for in creativity. So, I was

Re: The next Xah-lee post contest

2005-01-29 Thread PA
On Jan 29, 2005, at 14:35, Steve wrote: Here's my contribution (tho' I'm not really in my most creative frame of mind): Not being very creative myself, here is a contribution "by proxy": "Unlike Java programmers, who are hip on the outside, dreary conformists on the inside, Smalltalk programmers

Re: The next Xah-lee post contest

2005-01-29 Thread PA
On Jan 29, 2005, at 14:35, Steve wrote: Write up the next Xah Lee post ! The requirement are: a) The post should talk about a single language, although the example code needn't adhere to that restriction. b) It should explain the style, structure and design of some code snippet/program, though not

The next Xah-lee post contest

2005-01-29 Thread Steve
Hi All, For sometime now, I have just been a passive lurker on this list. Of late I saw an increase in the number of posts by Xah Lee, and I have to admit, what he lacks in understanding of the various programming languages he talks about, he makes up for in creativity. So, I was wondering, h