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On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 09:29:56 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > I detest python, also, but there's no way w/out it. |
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> I like python - the language was designed by a mathematician and it |
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> shows. Contrast with perl which was designed by a linguist, and that |
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> shows too. |
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> As you say you can't run Gentoo with portage without Python, that's one |
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> of the things you know for sure up front. |
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What does it matter whether you like the language or not when you are only |
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using software written in it? It only matters is you develop that |
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software. I cannot get on with Perl, but I am not at all bothered about |
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using software written in it. |
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If you really have some philosophical or allergenic objection to even |
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having Python installed, you could always use a different package manager. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Q. How many mathematicians does it take to change a light bulb? |
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A. Only one - who gives it to six Californians, thereby reducing the |
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problem to an earlier joke. |
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