On Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 6:13:01 PM UTC-5, Rick Johnson wrote: > Musatov wrote: > > > I am drafting a sequence for OEIS. > > And, have you tried your hand at any Python code yet? Or any > tutorials? I am reading this: https://doc.lagout.org/programmation/python/Beginning%20Programming%20with%20Python%20for%20Dummies%20%5BMueller%202014-09-22%5D.pdf > > > I was told Python was most accessible for beginners. > > And you were told correctly! > > However, be warned that if you happen to become the next > victim of one of our overzealous hall monitors[1], there is > probably very little i can do to help you -- except, perhaps > -- to inform you that switching to the "comp.lang.python" > newsgroup (accessible from GoogleGroups or any Usenet > newsreader) will ensure that at least ~some~ of us will see > your messages. > > Since GvR has resigned, the community has been in something > of a turmoil. And for some reason -- thus far unbeknownst to > me, but soon to be unearth by brute force if necessary! -- > the moderators have gone bad-guano crazy and are purging > members who have been sacrificing blood, sweat and tears > for, oh... i dunno... *DECADES*!!! Thus, to say that i'm > both saddened and angered by the current state of affairs, > would be an understatement. > > At this point I'm not sure how ugly this battle may > become... > > But, i can tell you one thing with absolute certainty... > > The people who have invested their lives into this language > and this community, and for all of these many years, are not > about to stand idle as a few hijackers move-in and destroy > everything we've known, experienced and loved about this > community and this language. I saw it finally made #3! Congrats to the community. https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index//
> > Yes, Guido is gone. And no, i cannot be sure if he will ever > return. But for those of us who _remain_, the fire of > passion still burns in each of our hearts for the little > language that we love so dearly -- AND I'LL BE *DAMNED*! -- > if some puny, little hall-monitor *PUNK*, is going to come > in here and destroy -- with snobbish flicks of his harry > potter wand! -- *ALL* of the blood, sweat and tears that > have been *SACRIFICED* on the alters of progress for a > idealist dream that this little peon wretch couldn't even > fathom! > > > @Ethan Furman: The window for civility is quickly closing. > You, and you _ALONE_, have the power to reverse this toxic > course and sail our ship back into calmer waters before we > have ourselves an outright *MUTINY*. I have called upon the > members of this community to voice their frustrations with > your Captain-Bligh-inspired leadership, and, as a result, > your name and reputation have suffered greatly. However, > there is still time, should you choose to harness it, to ask > for forgiveness and right these wrongs. But i must remind > you, that haste is of the essence. For the hour is late. > THE. HOUR. IS... *LATE*! > > > [1] And be particularly cautious around one who's name > sort-of-rhymes with: "Eatin' Turdcan". -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
