Isaac Gouy wrote: > Peter Hansen wrote: >>Judging by the other posts in this thread, the gauntlet is down: Python >>is faster than Java. Let those who believe otherwise prove their point >>with facts, and without artificially handcuffing their opponents with >>non-real-world "purity" requirements.
> That form of argument is listed as one of the principal forms of > illogical thinking in "Being Logical" D.Q.McInerny - "An Inability to > Disprove Does Not Prove" Good thing this is the form of argument *against* which I was arguing, rather than that which I choose to use myself. (Read very carefully, if you really think I was saying otherwise, and point out exactly where I made any such claims for my own part. In fact, I was referencing the arguments of others -- who *were* supporting their arguments with facts, as near as I can tell -- and I was calling on the opposition to do the same, and without changing the rules mid-discussion.) > "The fact that there is no concrete proof against a position does not > constitute an argument in favour of the position. I cannot claim to be > right simply because you can't prove me to be wrong." Isn't that what I was saying? That those who claim Python isn't faster were not supporting their arguments with actual facts? -Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
