On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Pradeep Gowda<prad...@btbytes.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Srijayanth Sridhar<srijaya...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Names are irrelevant on the internet, so I agree with both of you in a >> certain way. > > Well, there is one way to be relevant in programming circles, > which is often condensed to -- "show your code or GTFO". > > Ruby language recently lost a prodigal programmer. See _why's euology here [1] > The programmer Guy Decoux was mostly known by his famous shell prompt > pigeon% and > `ts`, the prefix he used for his functions. > > His code was his communication. Of course, this is an ideal worth striving to > :) > > Names do not matter, however identities still do. > In the absence of an established identity, people will be weary about you. > Your real name or an already established nick elsewhere is a good start. > >> You say your piece and back it up by the best references you can find. That >> is >> the accepted way of academia, industry and arts. > Good call. I thought so too about it on my way to work. > I will stick to what I know. Art, not much :) > > [1] http://hackety.org/2008/09/25/legendNeverToBeSolved.html >
Please read the first line as "please read _why's euology of Guy Decoux [1]" . The original sentence might parse differently than I thought initially. +PG _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
