Re: how to write a tutorial

2005-01-21 Thread CBFalconer
Xah Lee wrote: > > i've started to read python tutorial recently. > http://python.org/doc/2.3.4/tut/tut.html > > Here are some quick critique: This has absolutely nothing to do with c.l.c, nor most of the cross-posted groups. F'ups set. Why did you do such a foul cross-posting in the first pla

Re: how to write a tutorial

2005-01-23 Thread CBFalconer
Xah Lee wrote: > ... snip ... > > the first paragraph of 9.1 "A Word About Terminology" is epitome > of masturbation. The entire 9.1 is not necessary. > > Large part of 9.2 "Python Scopes and Name Spaces" is again > masturbatory. PLONK for excessive OT crossposting and trolling. -- "If you wa

Re: what's OOP's jargons and complexities?

2005-01-29 Thread CBFalconer
jacob navia wrote: > > Good post. > > First article that demistifies this OO centered approach > in quite a long time. > > This approach has its strength, but also has it weakness, > it is not the solution for every problem appearing in > data processing. Xah Lee is a known troll, who likes to

Re: What is Expresiveness in a Computer Language?

2005-07-10 Thread CBFalconer
Paul Bilnoski wrote: > >> The barbar generals will just grunt while the French generals >> will inspire with some poetic invocation. > > For auction: > One authentic French army-issued rifle. Only dropped once. What has that got to do with the king of the elephants? -- "If you want to post a

Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry

2005-08-12 Thread CBFalconer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In comp.lang.perl.misc Xah Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The other class of jargon stupidity is from computing practitioners, >> of which the Unix/Perl community is exemplary. For example, the name >> Unix & Perl themselves are good examples of buzzing jargons. Unix

Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry

2005-08-25 Thread CBFalconer
Mike Schilling wrote: > "Mike Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> "Mike Schilling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> "l v" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message Xah Lee wrote: > (circa 1996), and email should be text only (anti-MIME, circa 1995), I think e-mail shoul

Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry

2005-08-25 Thread CBFalconer
Chris Head wrote: > ... snip ... > > Why can't we use the Web for what it was meant for: viewing > hypertext pages? Why must we turn it into a wrapper around every > application imaginable? Because the Lord High PoohBah (Bill) has so decreed. He has replaced General bullMoose. -- Chuck F ([EM

Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry

2005-08-25 Thread CBFalconer
Gordon Burditt wrote: > >> HTML is designed to degrade gracefully (never mind that most web >> authors and many browser developers don't seem to comprehend this), >> so you don't really need a "subset" html to get the safety features >> you want. All you need to do is disable the appropriate featu

Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry

2005-08-26 Thread CBFalconer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ... snip ... > > Same applies to most newsfeeds, depending on retention. If you > want to look a long way back in a thread, use Google Groups. Except for those anti-social zealots who use an X-noarchive header. -- "If you want to post a followup via groups.google.com

Re: Python docs [was: function with a state]

2005-03-24 Thread CBFalconer
Martin Ambuhl wrote: > Xah Lee wrote: > >> The Python doc is relatively lousy, from content organization to >> the tech writing quality. >> >> I think i'll just post snippets of my comments as i find them. >> (and feel like exposing) > > The cross-posting idiot is back. Next he'll be posting his

Re: Earthquake and Tornado Forecasting Programs June 13, 2006

2006-06-13 Thread CBFalconer
Frank Silvermann wrote: > > [snip] > I look forward to a day when meteorology has more to do with precise > models than models, although I'm all for Russian-style delivery of such > data. I forecast that a lot of people will be surprised by the weather > today, as they are categorical idiots, as

Re: Internet Survey

2007-01-09 Thread CBFalconer
sponse. Failure to give any assurance of privacy. Failure to monitor the various news-groups for suitability. -- Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. <http://cbfalconer.home.att.net> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Portable general timestamp format, not 2038-limited

2007-07-01 Thread CBFalconer
ost standard algebraic techniques. Take that :-) In fact, it is not even quanticized. -- <http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt> <http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/423> <http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit043.html> cbfalconer at main

Re: Portable general timestamp format, not 2038-limited

2007-07-03 Thread CBFalconer
see you depend on absolutely reliable sources. -- <http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt> <http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/423> <http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit043.html> cbfalconer at maineline dot net -- Posted v

Re: Important Research Project

2007-08-30 Thread CBFalconer
in the C standard? This seems rather OT. -- Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. <http://cbfalconer.home.att.net> -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list