Re: OT: Code Examples

2011-03-09 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > Paul Rubin wrote: > > > Anyway, try googling "evil mangler" > > I know what the "evil mangler" is. It was called that because it > threw away all the principles of good software design in favour > of expediency. GHC now has a new LLVM backend which does not > depend o

Re: OT: Code Examples

2011-03-03 Thread Chris Jones
On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 02:29:54PM EST, Emile van Sebille wrote: > On 3/1/2011 3:59 PM Chris Jones said... >> On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 12:03:02PM EST, Emile van Sebille wrote: >>> On 3/1/2011 12:43 AM Erik de Castro Lopo said... >> Why Python? >>> >>> For me? Because it's executable pseudoco

Re: OT: Code Examples

2011-03-03 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 3/1/2011 3:59 PM Chris Jones said... On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 12:03:02PM EST, Emile van Sebille wrote: On 3/1/2011 12:43 AM Erik de Castro Lopo said... Why Python? For me? Because it's executable pseudocode Not for nothing, Emile.. hey.. you could end up with pseudo bugs and pseudo hea

Re: OT: Code Examples

2011-03-02 Thread Martin De Kauwe
On Mar 2, 3:30 am, Robert Kern wrote: > On 2/28/11 10:03 AM, Fred Marshall wrote: > > > I'm interested in developing Python-based programs, including an engineering > > app. ... re-writing from Fortran and C versions. One of the objectives > > would to > > be make reasonable use of the available

Re: OT: Code Examples

2011-03-01 Thread Dan Stromberg
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > Definitely not. As I said I used Python for a number of years > and ditched it in favour of Ocaml and Haskell. > These are all 3 intriguing languages. I wish I had time to learn OCaML and Haskell, and I wish one or both of them were nea

Re: OT: Code Examples

2011-03-01 Thread Chris Jones
On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 12:03:02PM EST, Emile van Sebille wrote: > On 3/1/2011 12:43 AM Erik de Castro Lopo said... >> Why Python? > > For me? Because it's executable pseudocode Not for nothing, Emile.. hey.. you could end up with pseudo bugs and pseudo headaches .. cj -- http://mail.python.or

Re: OT: Code Examples

2011-03-01 Thread mblume
Am Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:03:01 -0800 schrieb Fred Marshall: > I'm interested in developing Python-based programs, including an > engineering app. ... re-writing from Fortran and C versions. One of the > objectives would to be make reasonable use of the available structure > (objects, etc.). So, I'

Re: OT: Code Examples

2011-03-01 Thread Tom Zych
geremy condra wrote: > Ah, so you're looking for an argument. This is abuse, you want room > 12A just down the hall. They have comfy chairs there. No one expects it. -- Tom Zych / freethin...@pobox.com Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python

Re: OT: Code Examples

2011-03-01 Thread geremy condra
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > Paul Rubin wrote: > >> Erik de Castro Lopo writes: >> > Why Python? I really can't understand the rush of every man and >> > his dog to Python. >> >> Are you trolling? > > All my responses to this thread are really mean for comp.dsp, >

Re: OT: Code Examples

2011-03-01 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Paul Rubin wrote: > Erik de Castro Lopo writes: > > Why Python? I really can't understand the rush of every man and > > his dog to Python. > > Are you trolling? All my responses to this thread are really mean for comp.dsp, not for comp.lang.python. Erik --

Re: OT: Code Examples

2011-03-01 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 3/1/2011 12:43 AM Erik de Castro Lopo said... Why Python? For me? Because it's executable pseudocode Emile -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: OT: Code Examples

2011-03-01 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Paul Rubin wrote: > Erik de Castro Lopo writes: > > Why Python? I really can't understand the rush of every man and > > his dog to Python. > > Are you trolling? Definitely not. As I said I used Python for a number of years and ditched it in favour of Ocaml and Haskell. The ease of development

Re: OT: Code Examples

2011-03-01 Thread Robert Kern
On 2/28/11 10:03 AM, Fred Marshall wrote: I'm interested in developing Python-based programs, including an engineering app. ... re-writing from Fortran and C versions. One of the objectives would to be make reasonable use of the available structure (objects, etc.). So, I'd like to read a couple o

Re: OT: Code Examples

2011-03-01 Thread Nicholas Devenish
On 01/03/2011 09:24, Richard Dobson wrote: But - I am ~still~ caught out by the semantic significance of indenting. Looks OK enough on paper, but doing it interactively is another matter. I still don't fully understand this argument. With Python, I am still doing indentation almost exactly the

Re: OT: Code Examples

2011-03-01 Thread Martin De Kauwe
On Mar 1, 3:03 am, Fred Marshall wrote: > I'm interested in developing Python-based programs, including an > engineering app. ... re-writing from Fortran and C versions.  One of the > objectives would to be make reasonable use of the available structure > (objects, etc.).  So, I'd like to read a c

Re: OT: Code Examples

2011-03-01 Thread Tom Zych
Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > Why Python? I really can't understand the rush of every man and > his dog to Python. > Its not that I'm a stick in the mud stuck with C and C++, rather > that I used Python for a number of years from 1998 to 2004 and > rejected it in favour of strict statically typed fu

Re: OT: Code Examples

2011-03-01 Thread Paul Rubin
Erik de Castro Lopo writes: > Why Python? I really can't understand the rush of every man and > his dog to Python. Are you trolling? Anyway, try googling "evil mangler" and ask why it wasn't done in Haskell. Same idea. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: OT: Code Examples

2011-03-01 Thread Richard Dobson
On 01/03/2011 08:43, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Fred Marshall wrote: I'm interested in developing Python-based programs, including an engineering app. ... re-writing from Fortran and C versions. One of the objectives would to be make reasonable use of the available structure (objects, etc.).

Re: OT: Code Examples

2011-03-01 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Fred Marshall wrote: > I'm interested in developing Python-based programs, including an > engineering app. ... re-writing from Fortran and C versions. One of the > objectives would to be make reasonable use of the available structure > (objects, etc.). So, I'd like to read a couple of good, s

Re: OT: Code Examples

2011-02-28 Thread Fred Marshall
On 2/28/2011 8:14 AM, n00m wrote: On Feb 28, 6:03 pm, Fred Marshall wrote: The best place for you to start: http://numpy.scipy.org/ Numpy manual: http://www.tramy.us/numpybook.pdf OK Thanks! Fred -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: OT: Code Examples

2011-02-28 Thread n00m
On Feb 28, 6:03 pm, Fred Marshall wrote: > I'm interested in developing Python-based programs, including an > engineering app. ... re-writing from Fortran and C versions.  One of the > objectives would to be make reasonable use of the available structure > (objects, etc.).  So, I'd like to read a

OT: Code Examples

2011-02-28 Thread Fred Marshall
I'm interested in developing Python-based programs, including an engineering app. ... re-writing from Fortran and C versions. One of the objectives would to be make reasonable use of the available structure (objects, etc.). So, I'd like to read a couple of good, simple scientific-oriented pro