Re: Diversity in Python (was Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string)

2009-08-18 Thread Hendrik van Rooyen
On Tuesday 18 August 2009 06:45:39 Aahz wrote: In article pan.2009.08.18.04.34...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au, Steven D'Aprano ste...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au wrote: The comments were made a week ago -- why the sudden flurry of attention? Mainly an opportunity to flog the new

Re: Diversity in Python (was Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string)

2009-08-18 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:12:14 +0200, Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: On Tuesday 18 August 2009 06:45:39 Aahz wrote: In article pan.2009.08.18.04.34...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au, Steven D'Aprano ste...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au wrote: The comments were made a week ago -- why the sudden

Diversity in Python (was Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string)

2009-08-17 Thread Aahz
In article 461cc6f1-fc23-4bc7-a719-6f29babf8...@o15g2000yqm.googlegroups.com, Robert Dailey rcdai...@gmail.com wrote: It's a figure of speech. And besides, why would I want programming advice from a woman? lol. Thanks for the help. Well, I'm sorry to see this, it means I was wrong about the

Re: Diversity in Python (was Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string)

2009-08-17 Thread Jean-Michel Pichavant
Aahz wrote: In article 461cc6f1-fc23-4bc7-a719-6f29babf8...@o15g2000yqm.googlegroups.com, Robert Dailey rcdai...@gmail.com wrote: It's a figure of speech. And besides, why would I want programming advice from a woman? lol. Thanks for the help. Well, I'm sorry to see this, it means I

Re: Diversity in Python (was Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string)

2009-08-17 Thread Rami Chowdhury
You'll know that Python is sexist the day you'll find the title 'No women allowed' on the python main document page. Good God I hope you're being ironic. On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:23:39 -0700, Jean-Michel Pichavant jeanmic...@sequans.com wrote: Aahz wrote: In article

Re: Diversity in Python (was Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string)

2009-08-17 Thread Paul Boddie
On 17 Aug, 19:23, Jean-Michel Pichavant jeanmic...@sequans.com wrote: Are you suggesting this list reject part of the community regarding its sexual orientation, ethnicity, size, culture? If that was the case I'd like to know about it. Careful: you probably meant to write rejects, not reject.

Re: Diversity in Python (was Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string)

2009-08-17 Thread Carl Banks
On Aug 17, 8:44 am, a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote: In article 461cc6f1-fc23-4bc7-a719-6f29babf8...@o15g2000yqm.googlegroups.com, Robert Dailey  rcdai...@gmail.com wrote: It's a figure of speech. And besides, why would I want programming advice from a woman? lol. Thanks for the help.

Re: Diversity in Python (was Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string)

2009-08-17 Thread Chris Rebert
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Carl Bankspavlovevide...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 17, 8:44 am, a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote: In article 461cc6f1-fc23-4bc7-a719-6f29babf8...@o15g2000yqm.googlegroups.com, Robert Dailey  rcdai...@gmail.com wrote: It's a figure of speech. And besides, why

Re: Diversity in Python (was Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string)

2009-08-17 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:31:51 -0700, Chris Rebert wrote: Oh come on, one newbie making an off-color joke is not any sort of reflection of the community as a whole. Anyway it's pretty naive to expect what is now a large community to avoid bad eggs altogether.  Price you pay for popularity.

Re: Diversity in Python (was Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string)

2009-08-17 Thread Aahz
In article pan.2009.08.18.04.34...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au, Steven D'Aprano ste...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au wrote: The comments were made a week ago -- why the sudden flurry of attention? Mainly an opportunity to flog the new diversity list. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com)