On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> wrote: > | Programming languages MUST have rules or > | ambiguities will run a muck and bring the entire system crashing down. > > "Amuck" is one word you know...
Yes, but maybe he's wanting to run a MUCK. It's quite possible; I run a MUD. Now, I'm not sure how ambiguities alone could run the MUCK without human intervention, but as we know, Rick has the solution to everything - it always involves other people doing work. > | We should never create languages that cater to the selfish. Our rules > | must take in consideration the "good of the many", and NEVER "the good > | of the few". We should ALWAYS give our community freedoms; but only > | the freedoms that foster unity! Tabs meet both criteria and as such > | should be Pythons only token for indention formatting. > > It must be nice to always be right. > > In fact, I know it is, being so myself. You haven't yet reached that > happy state. I was born here. It's a good place to be. (Wait, were we talking about Australia or Right?) ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
