Re: evolution [was Re: An assessment of the Unicode standard]

2009-09-02 Thread Nigel Rantor
r wrote: I'd like to present a bug report to evolution, obviously the garbage collector is malfunctioning. I think most people think that when they read the drivel that you generate. I'm done with your threads and posts. *plonk* -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: evolution [was Re: An assessment of the Unicode standard]

2009-09-02 Thread r
On Sep 2, 4:41 am, Steven D'Aprano wrote: (snip) > > No evolution awards those that benefit evolution. You make it seem as > > evolution is some loving mother hen, quite the contrary! Evolution is > > selfish, greedy, and sometimes evil. And it will endure all of us... > > > remember the old clich

Re: [OT] evolution [was Re: An assessment of the Unicode standard]

2009-09-02 Thread Martin P. Hellwig
Steven D'Aprano wrote: I'd like to add the following: It is an intriguing human trade to attribute emotions and reasons to things that have none. Intriguing because I haven't observed yet that it provides an advantage, but it happens so often that I can't exclude it either. I find that evol

[OT] evolution [was Re: An assessment of the Unicode standard]

2009-09-02 Thread Steven D'Aprano
This thread has intrigued me enough to bite the bullet and look up "r"'s posts. Oh my! They say a little learning is a dangerous thing, and this is a great example -- the only think bigger than r's ignorance and naivety on these topics is his confidence that he alone understands The Truth. Oh w