Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-20 Thread Bjoern Schliessmann
Diez B. Roggisch wrote: > Bjoern Schliessmann schrieb: >> Also, why would there be telephone votings in TV if they were >> meaningless to the default watcher? :) > > Because it costs 50cent to call, which makes a useless and most of > the time heavily biased poll a nice source of income. Or why d

Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-20 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
Bjoern Schliessmann schrieb: > Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> It's an Internet poll. By definition, the results are meaningless. > > Regrettably, there are many people that don't share your definition. > > Also, why would there be telephone votings in TV if they were > meaningless to the default watch

Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-20 Thread Robin Becker
Monty Taylor wrote: > Hey everybody, > > MySQL has put up a poll on http://dev.mysql.com asking what your primary > programming language is. Even if you don't use MySQL - please go stick > in a vote for Python. I'm constantly telling folks that Python needs > more love, but PHP and Java are kic

Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-20 Thread Amit Khemka
On 10/19/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 18, 6:12 pm, Monty Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey everybody, > > > > MySQL has put up a poll onhttp://dev.mysql.comasking what your primary > > programming language is. > > But it doesn't ask that, it asks what your > pri

Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-20 Thread Bjoern Schliessmann
Steven D'Aprano wrote: > It's an Internet poll. By definition, the results are meaningless. Regrettably, there are many people that don't share your definition. Also, why would there be telephone votings in TV if they were meaningless to the default watcher? :) Regards, Björn -- BOFH excuse

Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-19 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:45:42 +, Grant Edwards wrote: > Even though Python is way ahead, you've probably ruined it for us. I > suspect the folks at MySQL will ignore or discount the results when they > find out you've solicited fradulent votes from the Python community. It's an Internet poll.

Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-19 Thread Steven Bethard
Monty Taylor wrote: > MySQL has put up a poll on http://dev.mysql.com asking what your primary > programming language is. Even if you don't use MySQL - please go stick > in a vote for Python. I agree with others that voting here if you don't use MySQL is *not* a good idea. That said, I still ap

Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-19 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-10-18, Monty Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MySQL has put up a poll on http://dev.mysql.com asking what your primary > programming language is. Even if you don't use MySQL - please go stick > in a vote for Python. I'm constantly telling folks that Python needs > more love, but PHP

Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-19 Thread Bjoern Schliessmann
Monty Taylor wrote: > MySQL has put up a poll on http://dev.mysql.com asking what your > primary programming language is. Even if you don't use MySQL - > please go stick in a vote for Python. I'm constantly telling folks > that Python needs more love, but PHP and Java are kicking our > butts... I

Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-19 Thread Luis Zarrabeitia
On Thursday 18 October 2007 22:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > but > > I'd rather that people got the message that they should do more python > > development work!) > > Maybe the Python community doesn't need your help. He did try to help, in a morally questionable way, but still in good faith (I

Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Oct 18, 6:12 pm, Monty Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey everybody, > > MySQL has put up a poll onhttp://dev.mysql.comasking what your primary > programming language is. But it doesn't ask that, it asks what your primary programming language is FOR DEVELOPING MYSQL APPLICATIONS. In my ca

vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-18 Thread Monty Taylor
Hey everybody, MySQL has put up a poll on http://dev.mysql.com asking what your primary programming language is. Even if you don't use MySQL - please go stick in a vote for Python. I'm constantly telling folks that Python needs more love, but PHP and Java are kicking our butts... (I know the w