On 20 Jan 2007 14:19:12 -0800, Isaac Gouy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ramon Diaz-Uriarte wrote: > > On 20 Jan 2007 11:34:46 -0800, Isaac Gouy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
(...) > > > > > > And that's why the existence of CINT is such a stark reminder of the > > > separation between the language and the implementation. When people > > > think of C what do they think of - gcc? tiny-c? intel c? microsoft c? > > > some mythical C implementation? > > > > > > > > > > Really, this ain't my war. Sure, there are two things: the language > > and the implementation. But, for practical purposes, when most people > > today say Python they mean CPython, whereas if the say Scheme, they > > certainly need to say _which_ Scheme (I think only PLT is in the > > official shootout page; there are others in the beta tests). If people > > want to mean Jython or Stackless, they just say that. As for C, I > > think people will need to qualify what exactly they mean. > > > > I think all these issues do not really lead to confusion for most of > > us; certainly not if you go to the shootout page. But as I said, this > > ain't my war. I was simply pointing out that correcting one poster for > > talking about languages when referring to python was hair splitting. > > > > And I think we are all running in circles, because I guess we all > > agree. This is turning into what in Spain (a country of catholic > > tradition) we call a discussion about "the sex of the angels" (el sexo > > de los angeles), i.e., whether angels are male or female or something > > else. Since sexing angels is not my area of expertise, I'll just shut > > up (I actually don't really know why I even said anything about this > > issue; please, forgive my chatiness). > > > In England the corresponding expression is "Counting Angels on a > Pinhead" > http://dannyayers.com/2001/misc/angels.htm > Thanks, that is neat. I find the discussion on the sex of the angels, well, sexier. But we are probably a few hundred years late to start a catholic-protestant religious war here :-). R. > > > > Best, > > > > R. > > > > > > > > > > > > I think readers understood the previous poster. > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > > > R. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > > > Carl Friedrich Bolz > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Ramon Diaz-Uriarte > > > > Statistical Computing Team > > > > Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme > > > > Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO) > > > > http://ligarto.org/rdiaz > > > > > > -- > > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > > > > > > > > -- > > Ramon Diaz-Uriarte > > Statistical Computing Team > > Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme > > Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO) > > http://ligarto.org/rdiaz > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Ramon Diaz-Uriarte Statistical Computing Team Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO) http://ligarto.org/rdiaz -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
