Re: [OT] Re: Benefit and belief

2011-10-20 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Redcat wrote: > On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:49:26 -0700, Westley Martínez wrote: >> >> I think you need to speak German fluently to be a good programmer. > > No, just Dutch :) Whatever language it be, you do need to be competent in a human language to be a good program

Re: [OT] Re: Benefit and belief

2011-10-20 Thread Westley Martínez
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 06:05:00PM -0400, Prasad, Ramit wrote: > >I think you need to speak German fluently to be a good programmer. > Why? > I won't reveal my secrets to JP Morgan Chase! I am loyal to the mighty Bank of America. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [OT] Re: Benefit and belief

2011-10-20 Thread Redcat
On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:49:26 -0700, Westley Martínez wrote: >> I am a poly-illiterate. I can't read or write hundreds of languages. > > I think you need to speak German fluently to be a good programmer. No, just Dutch :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

RE: [OT] Re: Benefit and belief

2011-10-20 Thread Prasad, Ramit
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Re: [OT] Re: Benefit and belief

2011-10-19 Thread Westley Martínez
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 09:01:39PM +, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:15:54 +, Curt wrote: > > > On 2011-10-19, Steven D'Aprano > > wrote: > >> On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:23:49 +, Curt wrote: > >> > >>> Most of us say "un et un _font_ deux," in fact, because we know how to

Re: [OT] Re: Benefit and belief

2011-10-19 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:15:54 +, Curt wrote: > On 2011-10-19, Steven D'Aprano > wrote: >> On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:23:49 +, Curt wrote: >> >>> Most of us say "un et un _font_ deux," in fact, because we know how to >>> conjugate as well as perform simple arithmetic. >>> >>> :-) >> >> >> I bl

Re: [OT] Re: Benefit and belief

2011-10-19 Thread Curt
On 2011-10-19, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:23:49 +, Curt wrote: > >> Most of us say "un et un _font_ deux," in fact, because we know how to >> conjugate as well as perform simple arithmetic. >> >> :-) > > > I blame Google Translate. > I thought you were trying to shine as

Re: [OT] Re: Benefit and belief

2011-10-18 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:23:49 +, Curt wrote: > On 2011-10-17, Steven D'Aprano > wrote: >> >> That is no more deep and meaningful than the fact that while some >> people say "one plus one equals two", others say "eins und eins gleich >> zwei", some say "un et un fait deux" and some say "один и

Re: [OT] Re: Benefit and belief

2011-10-18 Thread Curt
On 2011-10-17, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > That is no more deep and meaningful than the fact that while some people > say "one plus one equals two", others say "eins und eins gleich zwei", > some say "un et un fait deux" and some say "один и один дает два". Most of us