Re: Ideas about how software should behave

2017-11-09 Thread Ben Finney
Paul Moore writes: > And on that note, shouldn't participants on this list follow the > Python code of conduct[1]? Specifically, I don't see a lot of > adherence to the mandate to be "tactful when approaching differing > views" in this debate :-( Yes, we should all adhere to the forum's Code of

Re: Ideas about how software should behave

2017-11-09 Thread Rurpy via Python-list
On 11/09/2017 10:51 AM, Rhodri James wrote: > On 09/11/17 17:41, Michael Torrie wrote: >> On 11/09/2017 09:33 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: >>> On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 2:14 AM, Rurpy via Python-list >>> wrote: On 11/08/2017 11:29 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > [...] Please, Jon, accept that we

Re: Ideas about how software should behave

2017-11-09 Thread ROGER GRAYDON CHRISTMAN
On Thu, Nov 9, 2017, Gregory Ewing wrote:> But ideas are not software -- they don't actively >*do* anything, so trying to anthropomorphise them >doesn't really work. Generally true. I just remember the notable exception: Colorless green ideas sleep furiously. That case of anthropomorphism w

Re: Ideas about how software should behave

2017-11-09 Thread Rurpy via Python-list
On 11/09/2017 09:33 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 2:14 AM, Rurpy via Python-list > wrote: >> On 11/08/2017 11:29 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: >>> [...] >>> Please, Jon, accept that we were not deliberately trying >>> to put you down. Steve, if you can clearly state your positio

Re: Ideas about how software should behave

2017-11-09 Thread Rhodri James
On 09/11/17 17:41, Michael Torrie wrote: On 11/09/2017 09:33 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 2:14 AM, Rurpy via Python-list wrote: On 11/08/2017 11:29 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: [...] Please, Jon, accept that we were not deliberately trying to put you down. Steve, if you can

Re: Ideas about how software should behave

2017-11-09 Thread Michael Torrie
On 11/09/2017 09:33 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 2:14 AM, Rurpy via Python-list > wrote: >> On 11/08/2017 11:29 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: >>> [...] >>> Please, Jon, accept that we were not deliberately trying >>> to put you down. Steve, if you can clearly state your position

Re: Ideas about how software should behave

2017-11-09 Thread bartc
On 09/11/2017 17:04, Chris Angelico wrote: On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 4:00 AM, bartc wrote: On 09/11/2017 16:33, Chris Angelico wrote: On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 2:14 AM, Rurpy via Python-list wrote: On 11/08/2017 11:29 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: [...] Please, Jon, accept that we were not delib

Re: converting numbers into words

2017-11-09 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2017-11-09, r161...@rguktrkv.ac.in wrote: > How can I covert numbers into word like ex:-123 One hundred twenty three? That's one of the classic freshman intro-to-programming homework problems. I remember having to write a Pascal program to do that back in the 70's... -- Grant Edwards

Re: Ideas about how software should behave

2017-11-09 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 4:00 AM, bartc wrote: > On 09/11/2017 16:33, Chris Angelico wrote: >> >> On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 2:14 AM, Rurpy via Python-list >> wrote: >>> >>> On 11/08/2017 11:29 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: [...] Please, Jon, accept that we were not deliberately trying >>>

Re: Ideas about how software should behave

2017-11-09 Thread bartc
On 09/11/2017 16:33, Chris Angelico wrote: On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 2:14 AM, Rurpy via Python-list wrote: On 11/08/2017 11:29 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: [...] Please, Jon, accept that we were not deliberately trying to put you down. Steve, if you can clearly state your position on this (possibly

Re: Ideas about how software should behave

2017-11-09 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 2:14 AM, Rurpy via Python-list wrote: > On 11/08/2017 11:29 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: >> [...] >> Please, Jon, accept that we were not deliberately trying >> to put you down. Steve, if you can clearly state your position on this >> (possibly worded in the form of an apology

Re: Ideas about how software should behave

2017-11-09 Thread Rurpy via Python-list
On 11/08/2017 11:29 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > [...] > Please, Jon, accept that we were not deliberately trying > to put you down. Steve, if you can clearly state your position on this > (possibly worded in the form of an apology?), it would go a long way > to clearing this up. > ChrisA Are you t

Re: converting numbers into words (Posting On Python-List Prohibited)

2017-11-09 Thread Christopher Reimer
On Nov 9, 2017, at 3:45 AM, John Ladasky wrote: > >> On Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 11:40:18 PM UTC-8, Lawrence D’Oliveiro >> wrote: >>> On Thursday, November 9, 2017 at 7:51:35 PM UTC+13, r16...@rguktrkv.ac.in >>> wrote: >>> >>> How can I covert numbers into word like ex:-123 One hundred t

Re: converting numbers into words

2017-11-09 Thread bartc
On 09/11/2017 06:51, r161...@rguktrkv.ac.in wrote: How can I covert numbers into word like ex:-123 One hundred twenty three? google for something like "algorithm numbers to words". If this is homework, then it's not cheating as everyone else will be doing the same. > How can I covert numbe

Re: Ideas about how software should behave

2017-11-09 Thread Rurpy via Python-list
On 11/08/2017 08:18 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > Ned Batchelder writes: > [...] >> Second, now you want us to agree that calling someone arrogant isn't >> an attack? > > It's one thing to say “this idea is arrogant”, which is what Steve did. > That's not in any way personal, nor an attack on a person.

Re: Ideas about how software should behave

2017-11-09 Thread Marko Rauhamaa
Gregory Ewing : > There are plenty of good ways of criticising an idea that are clearly > about the idea itself, so there is no need to resort to adjectives > that could be misunderstood as veiled ad-hominem attacks. I disagree. Ad hominems are needed when you run out of reasoned arguments but fee

Re: converting numbers into words (Posting On Python-List Prohibited)

2017-11-09 Thread John Ladasky
On Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 11:40:18 PM UTC-8, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > On Thursday, November 9, 2017 at 7:51:35 PM UTC+13, r16...@rguktrkv.ac.in > wrote: > > > How can I covert numbers into word like ex:-123 One hundred twenty three? > > Here’s

Re: import issues python3.4

2017-11-09 Thread lingmaaki
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Re: Ideas about how software should behave

2017-11-09 Thread Paul Moore
On 9 November 2017 at 05:08, Ben Finney wrote: > Marko Rauhamaa writes: > >> Jon Ribbens : >> > It is my experience of this group/list that if one disagrees with any >> > of you, Steve and Chris, you all rally round and gang up on that >> > person to insult and belittle them. This makes the atmos

Re: Ideas about how software should behave

2017-11-09 Thread Gregory Ewing
Chris Angelico wrote: And it's illogical to say "Windows is feeling cranky today" when something inexplicably fails. Everyone understands that to be a tongue-in-cheek metaphor for "Windows is misbehaving in unfathomable ways", and not "the people who wrote Windows were feeling cranky when they