Re: Every opportunity taken (Was: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC...)

2016-03-20 Thread Jarle Aase
Den 15. mars 2016 21:38, skrev deloptes: I agree with you more or less, however languages like python or perl open doors to pretend-to-be-programmers. I've seen more often bad python/perl code than c/c++. My observations are also that there is always a penalty, even if you compile the script

Re: Every opportunity taken (Was: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC...)

2016-03-19 Thread Ric Moore
On 03/17/2016 01:58 AM, Adam Wilson wrote: On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:38:04 +0100 deloptes wrote: Martin Read wrote: On 15/03/16 07:45, deloptes wrote: I see recently more python code written than real C/C++. So what? Most programs *shouldn't* be written in C or C++, and I say this as someone

Re: Every opportunity taken (Was: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC...)

2016-03-19 Thread Adam Wilson
On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:38:04 +0100 deloptes wrote: > Martin Read wrote: > > > On 15/03/16 07:45, deloptes wrote: > >> I see recently more python code written than real C/C++. > > > > So what? Most programs *shouldn't* be written in C or C++, and I say > > this as someone who loves C and C++ and

Re: Every opportunity taken (Was: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC...)

2016-03-19 Thread Adam Wilson
On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 08:45:33 +0100 deloptes wrote: > Adam Wilson wrote: > > > On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 22:58:00 +0100 deloptes > > wrote: > > > >> Adam Wilson wrote: > >> > >> > If you're referring to the great "should" debate, then this is a > >> > pretty inaccurate description of what happened.

Re: Every opportunity taken (Was: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC...)

2016-03-19 Thread deloptes
Adam Wilson wrote: >> I agree with you more or less, however languages like python or perl >> open doors to pretend-to-be-programmers. I've seen more often bad >> python/perl code than c/c++. > > C/C++ arrogance at its best! I could maybe understand it if you called > C# or Java users pretend-to-

Re: Every opportunity taken (Was: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC...)

2016-03-19 Thread Adam Wilson
On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:06:55 -0400 doug wrote: > > On 03/15/2016 12:22 PM, Martin Read wrote: > > On 15/03/16 07:45, deloptes wrote: > >> I see recently more python code written than real C/C++. > > > > So what? Most programs *shouldn't* be written in C or C++, and I > > say this as someone who

Re: Every opportunity taken (Was: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC...)

2016-03-15 Thread Ric Moore
On 03/15/2016 05:28 PM, Joe wrote: I first came to Pascal after a couple of years of BBC Basic, and I couldn't see what the fuss was about. Pascal didn't seem to be any great advance, though I suppose it was much more useful than the Applesoft I learned on. I had an original garage build ][. I

Re: Every opportunity taken (Was: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC...)

2016-03-15 Thread Joe
On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:06:55 -0400 doug wrote: > > > > > It's too bad that the original Borland Pascal is not around anymore. > Or even the later version of BASIC with the case statement. Simple > and even a doppus like me could write with one of them! > I first came to Pascal after a couple

Re: Every opportunity taken (Was: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC...)

2016-03-15 Thread deloptes
Martin Read wrote: > On 15/03/16 07:45, deloptes wrote: >> I see recently more python code written than real C/C++. > > So what? Most programs *shouldn't* be written in C or C++, and I say > this as someone who loves C and C++ and reaches for one of them by > default as the language for solving c

Re: Every opportunity taken (Was: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC...)

2016-03-15 Thread doug
On 03/15/2016 12:22 PM, Martin Read wrote: On 15/03/16 07:45, deloptes wrote: I see recently more python code written than real C/C++. So what? Most programs *shouldn't* be written in C or C++, and I say this as someone who loves C and C++ and reaches for one of them by default as the langu

Re: Every opportunity taken (Was: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC...)

2016-03-15 Thread Martin Read
On 15/03/16 07:45, deloptes wrote: I see recently more python code written than real C/C++. So what? Most programs *shouldn't* be written in C or C++, and I say this as someone who loves C and C++ and reaches for one of them by default as the language for solving computing problems. (Unless t

Re: Every opportunity taken (Was: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC...)

2016-03-15 Thread deloptes
Adam Wilson wrote: > On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 22:58:00 +0100 deloptes wrote: > >> Adam Wilson wrote: >> >> > If you're referring to the great "should" debate, then this is a >> > pretty inaccurate description of what happened. I inadvertently >> > used the word "should" as opposed to "it would be be

Re: Every opportunity taken (Was: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC...)

2016-03-14 Thread Adam Wilson
On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 22:58:00 +0100 deloptes wrote: > Adam Wilson wrote: > > > If you're referring to the great "should" debate, then this is a > > pretty inaccurate description of what happened. I inadvertently > > used the word "should" as opposed to "it would be better > > if" (insert other no

Re: Every opportunity taken (Was: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC...)

2016-03-14 Thread deloptes
Adam Wilson wrote: > If you're referring to the great "should" debate, then this is a pretty > inaccurate description of what happened. I inadvertently used the word > "should" as opposed to "it would be better if" (insert other > non-triggering alternative if it suits), and was promptly jumped by

Re: Every opportunity taken (Was: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC...)

2016-03-14 Thread Adam Wilson
On Sat, 12 Mar 2016 12:46:08 + Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 12 March 2016 07:50:49 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > So. Now I'll bite off my tongue and take my ball with me. I'm off > > this thread. I can't bear the overall animosity and poking of > > fun at those who try to put some effort int