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On 11/12/2013 12:23, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:18:43 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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>> On 11/12/2013 11:08, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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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 |
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>>>> one 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 |
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>>> only 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 |
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>>> about using software written in it. |
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>> It doesn't matter whether I like it or not. I just happened to mention |
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>> that I do. |
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> My reply was directed more at Bruce's comment, I left yours in to add |
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> context (and, it turned out, confusion). |
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>> I also like living in a place with 360 days sunshine a year, |
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> How tedious, what do you talk about? ;-) |
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The big orange ball in the sky? You have seen it, no? |
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>> I like the taste of grilled beef and have a special soft spot for |
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>> Englishmen skilled in the art of snarky comments (you can thank Monty |
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>> Python for that one). |
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> I'm not getting involved in that one, arguments are down the corridor. |
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This is abuse, arguments are down that *that* corridor. |
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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 |
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>>> manager. |
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>> Well that's what I said, init? "run Gentoo with portage" |
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> Don't mention init, that one has its own department. |
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I'm sure that to contract "isn't it" to "init" there has to be an |
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apostrophe somewhere. I can't figure out where to put it... |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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