Perl was the
One True Language for web applications and the evidence of the
intervening decade has not been enough to convince him otherwise.
Followups set to comp.lang.perl.misc; c.l.python and c.l.fortran have
enough crazy overlap from c.l.p.m without adding me to the mix.
Charlton
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Charlton
> "RW" == Rick Wotnaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
RW> Someone is sure to jump in now and point to sample code, which
RW> nearly all reasonably major packages include. That's good
RW> stuff. With (for example) wxPython, it's the only useful
RW> documentation, or rather, it's th
> "XL" == Xah Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
XL> I've used the Python tutorial's chapter on class as
XL> an example. I've indicated that proper tutorial should be
XL> simple, covering just common cases, be self-contained, and be
XL> example based.
"Correct" is not in your li
> "SH" == Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
SH> As I may have mentioned before, egotism can be the only
SH> possible reason.
Relevant links:
"On Ignoring Trolls":
http://www.xahlee.org/UnixResource_dir/writ/troll_ignorance.html
"A Troll's Anthology":
http://ww
> "b" == brianr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
b> (As a matter of interest, is this sequence of posts intended to
b> demonstrate ignorance of both languages, or just one?)
Intentional fallacy -- there's no necessary correlation between what
he *intends* to do and what he actually succee
> "XL" == Xah Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
XL> i'll cross post to comp.lang.perl.misc and comp.lang.python.
XL> If you spot mistakes, feel free to correct or discourse here.
Error #1: crossposting to those two groups.
(Error #2 is implying that you're a Perl expert, but someone
> "xah" == xah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
xah> python supports unicode in source
xah> code by putting a coding declaration as the first line.
[...]
xah> In perl, support of unicode is very flaky. The language does
xah> not support it, [...]
All:
Xah Lee is trolli
