Re: [9fans] A new language for Plan 9

2008-05-03 Thread Bruce Ellis
Well KenC doesn't have any rat with it. So you want spam spam spam bacon and KenC. Or python and a bucket. brucee On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Eric Van Hensbergen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Bruce Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ratpie! tasty. i thought

Re: [9fans] Factotum

2008-05-03 Thread Bruce Ellis
no latin? ok. find the monkees episode where the word is used. it was shown on cable when presto was going in deep. he has support from re-runs. brucee On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 11:57 AM, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > I just wish it didn't have a bleak memory. Is there a way to

Re: [9fans] A new language for Plan 9

2008-05-03 Thread Steve Simon
> Can I have a piece without so much rat in it? I had stir fried rat in vietnam once - well you gotta try things, tasted a bit like wild (strong chewy) chicken. -Steve

Re: [9fans] A new language for Plan 9

2008-05-03 Thread Eric Van Hensbergen
On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Bruce Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ratpie! tasty. i thought a pindent was what a pinhead gets when you > scone him with a frypan. > Can I have a piece without so much rat in it? -eric "Its the Bishop of Liechester"

Re: [9fans] Factotum

2008-05-03 Thread erik quanstrom
>> > I just wish it didn't have a bleak memory. Is there a way to force it > to remember passwords for ftpfs? it is not factotum's job to provide persistant storage. that would infringe upon secstore's franchise. - erik

Re: [9fans] Factotum

2008-05-03 Thread Pietro Gagliardi
On May 3, 2008, at 9:37 PM, Russ Cox wrote: Fac*to"tum (făk*tō"tŭm), n.; pl. Factotums (- tŭmz). [L., do everything; facere to do + totus all : cf. F. factotum. See /Fact/, and /Total/.] A person employed to do all kinds of work or business. B. Jonson. And that d

Re: [9fans] Factotum

2008-05-03 Thread Russ Cox
>>Fac*to"tum (făk*tō"tŭm), n.; pl. Factotums (- tŭmz). [L., do >> everything; facere to do + totus all : cf. F. factotum. See /Fact/, >> and /Total/.] A person employed to do all kinds of work or business. >> B. Jonson. > And that definition relates to the factotum system ho

Re: [9fans] A new language for Plan 9

2008-05-03 Thread Pietro Gagliardi
We have two ratpies. They're ruby and perl. Pick your poison. On May 3, 2008, at 7:32 PM, Bruce Ellis wrote: ratpie! tasty. i thought a pindent was what a pinhead gets when you scone him with a frypan. brucee On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Skip Tavakkolian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: my ori

Re: [9fans] A new language for Plan 9

2008-05-03 Thread Bruce Ellis
ratpie! tasty. i thought a pindent was what a pinhead gets when you scone him with a frypan. brucee On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Skip Tavakkolian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > my original suggestion for ratpy wasn't taken seriously, so i'll propose it > again: > > http://groups.google.com/grou

Re: [9fans] A new language for Plan 9

2008-05-03 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
my original suggestion for ratpy wasn't taken seriously, so i'll propose it again: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.plan9/msg/29eb245edcb78e91 >>> I don't use Python for this very reason. This is probably why >>> Ruby exists. I will not use your language for the same reason. >>> By

Re: [9fans] Factotum

2008-05-03 Thread Pietro Gagliardi
On May 3, 2008, at 6:54 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: factotum comes from the Charles Bukowski's book? i thought the reference was older minooka; dict */factotum/ 1 Fac*to"tum *1 Fac*to"tum (făk*tō"tŭm), n.; pl. Factotums (- tŭmz). [L., do e

Re: [9fans] Factotum

2008-05-03 Thread erik quanstrom
> factotum comes from the Charles Bukowski's book? i thought the reference was older minooka; dict */factotum/ 1 Fac*to"tum *1 Fac*to"tum (făk*tō"tŭm), n.; pl. Factotums (- tŭmz). [L., do everything; facere to do + totus all : cf. F. factot

[9fans] Factotum

2008-05-03 Thread Rodolfo kix Garci­a
factotum comes from the Charles Bukowski's book?

Re: [9fans] A new language for Plan 9

2008-05-03 Thread lucio
> the Python distribution includes a tool called 'pindent'. it happily > annotates Python source with block-closing comments and converts > haphazardly indented source with block-closing comments into > correctly indented Python source. This is irony in a league all of its own! ++L

Re: [9fans] A new language for Plan 9

2008-05-03 Thread David Arnold
On 02/05/2008, at 8:34 AM, Chad Dougherty wrote: Robert William Fuller wrote: I don't use Python for this very reason. This is probably why Ruby exists. I will not use your language for the same reason. By adopting such draconian white space rules you automatically alienate a large numb