On Dec 19, 1:43 pm, excord80 <excor...@gmail.com> wrote: snip cons of Python
> But, Python is Python. It's always surprising to me to hear this, but especially so in writing. It speech, it has connotations. A millionaire can say (dismissively), "Two bucks is two bucks." A poor person can say (wondrously), "Two bucks is two bucks." Without knowing the expository (the facts about the speakers), you could glean some of the context from the tone and pitch. You could say, 'The speaker sounds wondrous', or 'The speaker sounds dismissive.' I take the repetition to mean, roughly, 'But these is the speaker's overall evaluation of the subject.' The stereotypical case is a girl or boy in a tough social situation; and I don't know what countries they do this in, or even how widespread it is in mine. A friend says, "What s/he is doing is no good." You say, "But it's [person's name]." Literally, that doesn't add any information to the debate, which is stereotypically over a decision or resolution. It does facilitate expression (free expression is good), but I think it would have been more productive, informative, fruitful, etc., to leave the last word with the opposition; that is, when the friend says, "What s/he is doing is no good." Period. The facts merit it, and it's merely escapist to withdraw back to the big picture, since it is the small details in the situation that need the concentration and attention. Without context, in writing, 'Two bucks is two bucks' is exactly the same as 'Two bucks is two bucks'. Readers can't hear pitch, and do not have context about fiscal status. Excord, was your tone dismissive, or wondrous? Or a little whiny? Or authoritative? The statement carried no more information than "A square is a square" or "A bachelor is unmarried", and to readers, even lacked the expressive value too. (No .WAV file attached!) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
