Re: f python?

2012-04-15 Thread Seymour J.
vectors. If you're going to complain about C nomenclature, you'd have a much better case complaining about "cast". -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT <http://patriot.net/~shmuel> Unsolicited bulk E-mail subject to legal action. I reserve the right to publi

Re: f python?

2012-04-11 Thread Seymour J.
are similar to linked-lists in the sense that there's a 'special >termination value' instead of an explicit length) A syringe is similar to a sturgeon in the sense that they both start with S. LISP doesn't have arrays, and C doesn't allow you to insert into the m

Re: f python?

2012-04-10 Thread Seymour J.
ple who haven't differ greatly. You would be wrong. It is a case where the opinions of people who are oriented to a particular language and the opinions of people who have lost count of the languages they have used greatly differ. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT <htt

Re: f python?

2012-04-10 Thread Seymour J.
the allocated storage. More precisely, they require that attempts to store beyond the allocated length be detected. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT <http://patriot.net/~shmuel> Unsolicited bulk E-mail subject to legal action. I reserve the right to publicly post or ridicule

Re: f python?

2012-04-09 Thread Seymour J.
immeasurable savings over the years. Yeah, especially code that needs to deal with lengths and nulls. It's great for buffer overruns too. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT <http://patriot.net/~shmuel> Unsolicited bulk E-mail subject to legal action. I reserve the right t

Re: Is Programing Art or Science?

2012-04-04 Thread Seymour J.
x27;s good enough for me. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT <http://patriot.net/~shmuel> Unsolicited bulk E-mail subject to legal action. I reserve the right to publicly post or ridicule any abusive E-mail. Reply to domain Patriot dot net user shmuel+news to contact me. Do not reply

Re: New Science Discovery: Perl Idiots Remain Idiots After A Decade!New Science Discovery: Perl Idiots Remain Idiots Af

2012-03-13 Thread Seymour J.
even the same from author to author, e.g., whether "field" implies Abelian. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT <http://patriot.net/~shmuel> Unsolicited bulk E-mail subject to legal action. I reserve the right to publicly post or ridicule any abusive E-mail. Reply t

Re: New Science Discovery: Perl Detractors Remain Idiots After A Decade

2012-03-12 Thread Seymour J.
om mathematics. Don't confuse the google pest with facts. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT <http://patriot.net/~shmuel> Unsolicited bulk E-mail subject to legal action. I reserve the right to publicly post or ridicule any abusive E-mail. Reply to domain Patriot dot net

Re: New Science Discovery: Perl Detractors Remain Idiots After A Decade!

2012-03-02 Thread Seymour J.
predictable. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT <http://patriot.net/~shmuel> Unsolicited bulk E-mail subject to legal action. I reserve the right to publicly post or ridicule any abusive E-mail. Reply to domain Patriot dot net user shmuel+news to contact me. Do n

Re: New Science Discovery: Perl Idiots Remain Idiots After A Decade!New Science Discovery: Perl Idiots Remain Idiots Af

2012-03-02 Thread Seymour J.
In <87k4341j0l@sapphire.mobileactivedefense.com>, on 03/01/2012 at 02:40 PM, Rainer Weikusat said: >You obviously don't have any sense of humour. Certainly I do; I laugh at pretentious loons with delusions of adequacy. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT <h

Re: New Science Discovery: Perl Detracters Remain Idiots After A Decade!

2012-03-01 Thread Seymour J.
tly what you had in mind. The two goals conflict. >That's all I'm saying. No; you're saying to use redundant parentheses, which conflicts with other things you're saying. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT <http://patriot.net/~shmuel> Unsolicited bulk

Re: New Science Discovery: Perl Idiots Remain Idiots After A Decade!New Science Discovery: Perl Idiots Remain Idiots Af

2012-03-01 Thread Seymour J.
, "Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a >Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity" A brilliant piece of work. I greatly enjoyed it and the reaction to its disclosure. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT <http://patriot.net/~shmuel> Unsolicited bulk E-mail

Re: New Science Discovery: Perl Detracters Remain Idiots After A Decade!

2012-02-29 Thread Seymour J.
in Mathematical notation. >it makes sense to keep things as clear as possible. Often infix notation with well thought out precedence is the clearest way to go. RPN and the like have their place, but often are difficult for real people to read. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT

Re: New Science Discovery: Perl Idiots Remain Idiots After A Decade!New Science Discovery: Perl Idiots Remain Idiots Af

2012-02-29 Thread Seymour J.
You obviously don't have a clue as to what Mathematics means. Free hint: it doesn't mean Arithmetic. You're as bigoted as Xah Lee, -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT <http://patriot.net/~shmuel> Unsolicited bulk E-mail subject to legal action. I reserve the ri

Re: MI5 Persecution: Goldfish and Piranha 29/9/95 (5104)

2007-06-10 Thread Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 06/10/2007 at 04:57 AM, "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >And this is here because ??? 1. MI5 didn't take him down like they were supposed to 2. You didn't include followup-to in your header -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, Sy

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-28 Thread Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/25/2005 at 09:56 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Yes, I know, they can do whatever they want, it's not a crime, Actually, it is a crime and they've been convicted. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT <http://patriot.net/~shmuel>

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-23 Thread Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/18/2005 at 01:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Yes, he deserves credit for what he did. As well as blame. The commercialization of the Internet was grossly mismanaged. Take the InterNIC - please! -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT <http:/