Re: Another look at language comparisons

2005-01-12 Thread Jon Perez
Terry Reedy wrote: It would hardly make more sense with the photos. The photos would be graphic evidence and would make it more entertaining to read through. "Not the law is clear? There is a beard - there is a success. There is no beard - you are guilty. " Terry J. Reedy And what about the moust

Re: Another look at language comparisons

2005-01-12 Thread Jon Perez
Anyone know of a cached copy where the photos are present? The whole thing makes little sense with the photos gone. Pierre Quentel wrote: http://khason.biz/blog/2004/12/why-microsoft-can-blow-off-with-c.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Another look at language comparisons

2005-01-12 Thread Terry Reedy
"Jon Perez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Anyone know of a cached copy where the photos are present? > > The whole thing makes little sense with the photos gone. > > Pierre Quentel wrote: >> http://khason.biz/blog/2004/12/why-microsoft-can-blow-off-with-c.html It

Re: Another look at language comparisons

2005-01-12 Thread Terry Reedy
>>> http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/12/08/-big/IMG_3061.jpg Here is the link giving the context for that picture http://tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/12/08/DynamicJava The other person is Larry Wall. Samuele Pedroni is in the next one. A rather interesting meeting. Terry J. Reedy

Re: Another look at language comparisons

2005-01-12 Thread Bengt Richter
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:54:49 +0800, Jon Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Max M wrote: >> Jan Dries wrote: >> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> And there is hope for Python, as Guido has recently been seen with a >>> beard :-) >>> http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/12/08/-big/IMG_3061.jp

Re: Another look at language comparisons

2005-01-12 Thread Jon Perez
Max M wrote: Jan Dries wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And there is hope for Python, as Guido has recently been seen with a beard :-) http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/12/08/-big/IMG_3061.jpg LOL, he is working on linux, isn't he? So it was about bloody time. Guido Van Rossum is now wor

Re: Another look at language comparisons

2005-01-08 Thread Rick Parsons
On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 14:18:15 +0100, Jan Dries wrote: > > The bottom line of the article is that languages authored by men with > beards are more successful than those authored by people without beards. > At least the anecdotical evidence to that is overwhelming :-) > > And there is hope for Py

Re: Another look at language comparisons

2005-01-08 Thread Max M
Jan Dries wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And there is hope for Python, as Guido has recently been seen with a beard :-) http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/12/08/-big/IMG_3061.jpg LOL, he is working on linux, isn't he? So it was about bloody time. -- hilsen/regards Max M, Denmark http://w

Re: Another look at language comparisons

2005-01-08 Thread Jan Dries
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From the web site: "Why Microsoft can Blow-Off with C#? These people have thought up programming languages Fortran, Prologue, Ada." The author is ignorant. Fortran was invented by IBM in the late 1950s, long before Microsoft existed. Ada was commissioned by the U.S. Departm

Re: Another look at language comparisons

2005-01-08 Thread beliavsky
>From the web site: "Why Microsoft can Blow-Off with C#? These people have thought up programming languages Fortran, Prologue, Ada." The author is ignorant. Fortran was invented by IBM in the late 1950s, long before Microsoft existed. Ada was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Defense in the 1

Re: Another look at language comparisons

2005-01-08 Thread Michael Sparks
Pierre Quentel wrote: > http://khason.biz/blog/2004/12/why-microsoft-can-blow-off-with-c.html I almost didn't look at this, but I'm glad I did - quite a fun comparison, nicely arbitrary and reminds me of RFC in a similar vein :) Michael. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Another look at language comparisons

2005-01-08 Thread Pierre Quentel
http://khason.biz/blog/2004/12/why-microsoft-can-blow-off-with-c.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list