Interesting PEG thing. C++ compilers are getting better at suggesting fixes for minor syntax errors (in 2011 on MSVC I remember seeing pages of errors for forgetting a semicolon after a struct.) but python seems to be lagging behind in this regard.. will check out superhelp, maybe it'll help me patiently wait for the day where the python compiler does machine learning on my specific style of mistakes to suggest fixes lol.
On Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 2:09 PM Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 4:00 AM Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> > wrote: > > > > On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 09:51:42 +1000, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> > > declaimed the following: > > > > >On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 9:17 AM dn via Python-list > > ><python-list@python.org> wrote: > > >> However, questions remain:- > > >> > > >> Robot: any machine or mechanical device that operates automatically > with > > >> humanlike skill > > >> > > > > > >What about a human that operates mechanically with merely robot-like > > >skill? I'm pretty sure I've spoken to them on the phone many times. > > > > Would that be... a computer? > > > > > > > > Using the original meaning of "one who computes" > > > > I suspect that even that is too generous for some of them. They merely > follow instructions like good little automatons, until the caller > gives up... > > ChrisA > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-l > <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list> > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
