On Dec 27, 9:04 pm, Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Dec 27, 1:45 pm, Eelco <hoogendoorn.ee...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Dec 27, 6:53 pm, Lie Ryan <lie.1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 12/27/2011 10:41 PM, Eelco wrote: > > > Before using VIM, I used to use gedit > > Eelco, please don't get offended, but can you (and everyone else) stop > using silly verbage like "used to", "use to", "suppose to", "hard" > when you "difficult", and "pretty" when you mean "very". I find this > verbiage to be quite ridiculous. In this case you could have simply > said... > > """Before using VIM, I USED gedit.""" > > or if you want to stress that you don't use gedit anymore you could > say... > > """ Previously i used gedit, but have since moved on to VIM.""" > > Thanks
Despite the fact that you mis-attributed that quote to me, im going to be a little bit offended in the name of its actual author anyway. Thats a lot of words to waste on your linguistic preferences. Personally, I reserve the right to botch my non-native languages as much as I please. > > You > > dont have to explain to them how to open a file, and if you tell them > > to hit the 'play' button to start running their code (not a hard > > concept to grasp or remember either) they are good to start hacking. > > I always though "run" was a perfect verb for "running" code... but who > knows :) Im assuming the audience is familiar with an ipod, but not an IDE, or programming in general. To their eyes, it looks like a 'play' button; but yes, 'running' is what its called in my mind. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
