Why this response is so belated: <http://groups.google.com/group/misc.misc/msg/cea714440e591dd2> = <news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:37:48 +0100 > From: Jon Harrop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > We all know that Java, Perl, Python and Lisp suck.
Well at least you're three-quarters correct there. But Lisp doesn't suck. That's where you're one quarter wrong. > They don't even have pattern matching over algebraic sum types if > you can imagine that. I'm still waiting for you to precisely define what you mean by "pattern matching" in this context. All I've heard from you so-far are crickets. If you've set up a Web page with your personal definition of "pattern matching" as you've been using that term here, and you've posted its URL in a newsgroup article I didn't happen to see, please post just the URL again here so that I might finally see it. Or e-mail me the URL. - Nobody in their right mind likes spammers, nor their automated assistants. To open an account here, you must demonstrate you're not one of them. Please spend a few seconds to try to read the text-picture in this box: /----------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | ,-.-. | | | | | |, . ,---.,---.,---. ,---.,---.,---.,---|,---. | | | | || | `---.| || | | ||---'|---'| |`---. | | ` ' '`---| `---'`---'` ' ` '`---'`---'`---'`---' | | `---' | | | | o | | | | |---.,---.| ,---. .,---. ,---.| ,---.,---. |---.,---.,---. | | | ||---'| | | || | ,---|| | ||---'---| || ,---| | | ` '`---'`---'|---' `` ' `---^`---'`---|`---' `---'` `---^ | | | | `---' ' | | | | | | | ,---.,---.|--- . . .,---.,---.,---|,---.,---. |---.,---.,---. | | | || || | | || || || ||---'| ---| || ,---| | | ` '`---'`---' `-'-'`---'` '`---'`---'` `---'` `---^o | \--------(Rendered by means of <http://www.schnoggo.com/figlet.html>)--------/ (You don't need JavaScript or images to see that ASCII-text image!! You just need to view this in a fixed-pitch font such as Monaco.) Then enter your best guess of the text (40-50 chars) into this TextField: +--------------------------------------------------+ | | +--------------------------------------------------+ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
