Re: Thanks

2018-04-19 Thread Ben Finney
"viplued" writes: > Thank you very much for python, We're glad that Python is useful to people! Can you say a little about how Python has helped you? -- \ Eccles: “I'll get [the job] too, you'll see. I'm wearing a | `\Cambridge tie.” Greenslade: “What were you doing there?

Re: thanks!

2012-08-31 Thread Ben Finney
Tim Chase writes: > Or we can take the opportunity to thank you for all your work on > making this a relatively spam-free mailing list. So thanks! Indeed. This forum has a very high signal-to-noise ratio, largely due to efforts that are often invisible to the participants. Thank you! -- \

Re: thanks! (was "Test message - please ignore")

2012-08-31 Thread Ethan Furman
Tim Chase wrote: On 08/31/12 09:15, Skip Montanaro wrote: We just upgraded the Mailman installation on mail.python.org. Part of that installation includes spam filtering on messages gated from Usenet to the python- l...@python.org mailing list. This message is a quick test of that function.

Re: thanks! (was "Test message - please ignore")

2012-08-31 Thread Tim Chase
On 08/31/12 09:15, Skip Montanaro wrote: > We just upgraded the Mailman installation on mail.python.org. Part of that > installation includes spam filtering on messages gated from Usenet to the > python- > l...@python.org mailing list. This message is a quick test of that function. > > You c

Re: Thanks for all responses

2011-06-01 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 3:29 AM, Wolfgang Meiners wrote: > Yes it helped a lot. One last question here: When i have free choice and > i dont know Python 2 and Python 3 very good: What would be the > recommended choice? Generally, Python 3. Unless there's something you really need in Python 2 (a mo

Re: Thanks for all responses

2011-06-01 Thread Wolfgang Meiners
Am 31.05.11 23:56, schrieb Chris Angelico: > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 5:52 AM, Wolfgang Meiners > wrote: >> Whenever i 'cross the border' of my program, i have to encode the 'list >> of bytes' to an unicode string or decode the unicode string to a 'list >> of bytes' which is meaningful to the world

Re: Thanks for all responses

2011-05-31 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 5:52 AM, Wolfgang Meiners wrote: > Whenever i 'cross the border' of my program, i have to encode the 'list > of bytes' to an unicode string or decode the unicode string to a 'list > of bytes' which is meaningful to the world outside. Most people use "encode" and "decode" th

Re: thanks casevh and Lee

2010-01-14 Thread Dave WB3DWE
Thanks Lee & casevh. I'm going to remove all python 3 versions, update to Ubuntu 9.10 and then do a clean installation of python 3.1.1 via Synaptic. Dave WB3DWE -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Thanks for the help not given :)

2009-12-30 Thread Aahz
In article , J wrote: >> Jon Clements wrote: >> >>> You have a bear that likes a Python? The one I have just keeps going >>> on about Piglet and eating my honey reserves... > >As for Jon, and Aahz, I'd try the teddy bear approach, but the last >one I knew led me down the dark path to Perl and thu

Re: Thanks for the help not given :)

2009-12-29 Thread Ben Finney
J writes: > And each time, I started writing a post, complete with code samples > and my thoughts... and in EVERY case, so far, I've found the answer on > my own ONLY after writing that post. > […] actually writing out a post helps me organize my thoughts, the > problem, and what I've done so fa

Re: Thanks for the help not given :)

2009-12-29 Thread J
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 17:58, Phlip wrote: > To the OP - adding "... because Python sucks" to your subject lines will > increase the quantity of answers - but possibly not the quality. Unlike Stephan, I hope this was intended in humor/irony rather than the way it looks, because my OP was meant h

Re: Thanks for the help not given :)

2009-12-29 Thread Stefan Behnel
Phlip, 29.12.2009 23:58: And I hope you answered your questions here, if no one else did, to avoid dead search trails in the archives. You should have read the posting. Stefan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Thanks for the help not given :)

2009-12-29 Thread Phlip
To the OP - adding "... because Python sucks" to your subject lines will increase the quantity of answers - but possibly not the quality. You can also learn a little about good questions by answering others's here. And I hope you answered your questions here, if no one else did, to avoid dead

Re: Thanks for the help not given :)

2009-12-29 Thread Jon Clements
On Dec 29, 9:28 pm, a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote: > In article , > > J   wrote: > > >So though I've only posted a small bit here and on python-win, I did > >want to thank y'all for helping me when you have, and even when you > >actually haven't! > > Get a teddybear, that helps, too.  ;-)  (I.e

Re: Thanks for the help not given :)

2009-12-29 Thread Aahz
In article , J wrote: > >So though I've only posted a small bit here and on python-win, I did >want to thank y'all for helping me when you have, and even when you >actually haven't! Get a teddybear, that helps, too. ;-) (I.e. try to explain your problem to a teddybear.) -- Aahz (a...@pythoncr

Re: thanks very much indeed for your help is there a better way to do this (python3) newby

2009-02-24 Thread kshitij
On Feb 24, 6:29 am, "Rhodri James" wrote: > On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:33:31 -, Gary Wood wrote: > > '''exercise to complete and test this function''' > > import string > > def joinStrings(items): > >     '''Join all the strings in stringList into one string, > >     and return the result. For ex

Re: thanks very much indeed for your help is there a better way to do this (python3) newby

2009-02-23 Thread Rhodri James
On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:33:31 -, Gary Wood wrote: '''exercise to complete and test this function''' import string def joinStrings(items): '''Join all the strings in stringList into one string, and return the result. For example: >>> print joinStrings(['very', 'hot', 'day']) '

Re: Thanks for help re: %userprofile%

2008-06-11 Thread Tim Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >The python community is very helpful to newbies like me. I did however >manage to solve my problem in the meantime. I needed the modification >time of certain files on various computers, but I didn't know the >usernames ahead of time, so I used windows %userprofile% meth

Re(Thanks...Re: Problem in the program flow...please help?)

2008-01-09 Thread jatin patni
Thanks Jerry..For the link...I am looking into it... On Jan 9, 2008 2:36 PM, Jerry Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 9, 2008 7:44 AM, jatin patni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a button(GUI) which when clicked, calls a function connect( ) > which > > takes around 5-20 seconds to com

Re: Thanks to all

2007-02-09 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-02-09, jiddu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for all the input guys, I know it is difficult, but the > calculators and statistic sites/books are missing some things > which I need for my play so I guess I have no choice but to > study up and work. You're most welcome. Though I really

Re: Thanks for the help

2007-02-09 Thread Toby A Inkster
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Reid wrote: > >> I do not need 3d stuff. Just a couple of buttons and menu's. > > That's not "3D", that's GUI (Graphical User Interface). "3D" usually > refers to "3D graphics"... Hence the original poster's clever use of the word "not" ;-) -- Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons

Re: Thanks for the help

2007-02-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 9 fév, 07:43, "azrael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 9, 4:06 am, "Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello All > > > Thanks for taking the time to answer my question. I do not need 3d stuff. > > Just a couple of buttons and menu's. The reason I am looking at python is it > > is free to

Re: Thanks for the help

2007-02-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 9 fév, 04:06, "Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All > > Thanks for taking the time to answer my question. I do not need 3d stuff. > Just a couple of buttons and menu's. That's not "3D", that's GUI (Graphical User Interface). "3D" usually refers to "3D graphics"... > The reason I am loo

Re: Thanks for the help

2007-02-08 Thread azrael
On Feb 9, 4:06 am, "Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All > > Thanks for taking the time to answer my question. I do not need 3d stuff. > Just a couple of buttons and menu's. The reason I am looking at python is it > is free to download. I cannot afford VB or other commercial languages. > >

Re: Thanks from the Java Developer

2006-04-21 Thread John Salerno
Kent Johnson wrote: >> At least in the Bay Area, the jobmarket for Python programmers is wild, >> right now -- firms such as Google, Pixar, BitTorrent, IronPort, etc, >> etc, all hungry for Pythonistas -- BayPIGgies mailing list bitching over >> too many job-offer posts, and the nuisance of all th

Re: Thanks from the Java Developer

2006-04-21 Thread Ant
> So switch jobs -- it's a good time. If it were that easy I would.. However, I have family commitments keeping me in Yorkshire (UK) (as well as the fact that I really like the area!), and the jobs in the area are all Java, .NET (predominantly C#) and C++. Always on the lookout for Python work th

Re: Thanks from the Java Developer

2006-04-21 Thread Jarek Zgoda
Alex Martelli napisał(a): > At least in the Bay Area, the jobmarket for Python programmers is wild, > right now -- firms such as Google, Pixar, BitTorrent, IronPort, etc, > etc, all hungry for Pythonistas -- BayPIGgies mailing list bitching over > too many job-offer posts, and the nuisance of all

Re: Thanks from the Java Developer

2006-04-21 Thread Kent Johnson
Alex Martelli wrote: > Ant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Python ruined my life. Python ruined me for Java coding too. > At least in the Bay Area, the jobmarket for Python programmers is wild, > right now -- firms such as Google, Pixar, BitTorrent, IronPort, etc, > etc, all hungry for Pythonist

Re: Thanks from the Java Developer

2006-04-20 Thread Alex Martelli
Ant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Python ruined my life. > > I am a Java programmer by profession, and ever since learning Python, I > find it a real chore to open Eclipse and write Java code (or worse - > the XML config files that seem to glue J2EE together). And while I > spend some of my spare

Re: Thanks from the Java Developer

2006-04-20 Thread Edward Elliott
I know this isn't comp.lang.java but I can't resist... Jarek Zgoda wrote: > Going from Python to Java (as it's in my case) is real pain I wish > nobody to feel... Even with multi-million support for Java from giants > like Sun, IBM or Oracle, I find it much easier to gain full control over > m

Re: Thanks from the Java Developer

2006-04-20 Thread Philippe Martin
Yes, and then you have to answer Java/C/C++ job/contracts opening knowing real well the mistake they're making ... as well as you are for answering ;-) Ant wrote: > Python ruined my life. > > I am a Java programmer by profession, and ever since learning Python, I > find it a real chore to open

Re: Thanks from the Java Developer

2006-04-20 Thread Ant
Python ruined my life. I am a Java programmer by profession, and ever since learning Python, I find it a real chore to open Eclipse and write Java code (or worse - the XML config files that seem to glue J2EE together). And while I spend some of my spare time liberated by Python, I spend 10 times a

Re: Thanks from the Java Developer

2006-04-20 Thread Jarek Zgoda
[EMAIL PROTECTED] napisał(a): > I wanted to thank those members of the Python community that took the > time to answer my questions about interfaces and plug-ins in Python. I > have discovered that Python is a very powerful language, and one that I > look forward to using for Linux development. I

Re: Thanks from the Java Developer

2006-04-19 Thread KvS
Well then I'll also take the opportunity to put in my 2 cts. In the past I've tried several times to master Java as I at that time understood it to be *the* hype wrt programming but never really succeeded in getting beyond "Hello world" :D. Also got bored with all the technicalities pretty much eac

Re: Thanks from the Java Developer

2006-04-19 Thread RK
Me too. I feel like I've been living under a rock. Did all this just happen in the last few years? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Thanks for PIL (and other stuff)

2005-06-24 Thread Rocco Moretti
jean-marc wrote: > PS If I knew that Python had a anniversary date, I'd also write to > thanks our BDFL (and authors)! But no such luck, so I'm restaining > myself! > ;-)) From the FAQ: > Here's a very brief summary of what started it all, written by Guido van > Rossum: > > > > During the 19

Re: Thanks for PIL (and other stuff)

2005-06-24 Thread TZOTZIOY
On 23 Jun 2005 19:12:03 -0700, rumours say that "jean-marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> might have written: >So I wish it and its author(s) a good day, week, month, year and more! >Really! That is, "So long and thanks for all the PIL." -- TZOTZIOY, I speak England very best. "Be strict when sending and

Re: Thanks for PIL (and other stuff)

2005-06-24 Thread Do Re Mi chel La Si Do
+1 -- Michel Claveau -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list