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OT: Re: using binary in python

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On 10/11/2015 21:02, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 20:36:52 +0000, mm0fmf via Python-list
> <python-list@python.org> declaimed the following:
>
>> On 10/11/2015 20:14, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
>>> The Ada language defines the end of Text file to consist of
>>
>> It is 15 years this month since I last worked in place that used Ada. I
>> think that calls for a wee dram to celebrate ;-)
>
> 	Given that a dram is 1/8 of a "fluid ounce" that leads to the
> conclusion that a "wee dram" is based on US standard fluid once, vs British
> standard fluid ounce...
>
>
> 	My language preferences do tend to be the extremes: Python for quick
> throw-away stuff, Ada for more formal stuff (since it has a much more
> rigorous syntax than Pascal, Modula-2, C/C++, Java -- no optional block
> delimiters, no dangling else, etc.)
>
> 	Unfortunately, as a hobbyist dabbler at home, I can't justify the time
> to port an Ada compiler to Arduino, TIVA, Propeller, Beaglebone (though the
> latter may just be a case of porting the hardware access). So... I'm stuck
> with variants of C for those devices (again, excluding the Linux based
> Beaglebone)
>

I escaped having to produce new code in Ada, I merely had to run some 
scripts that added the compiled C binaries into the Ada gloop!

C user since 1983, C++ user since 2002, Python and C# since 2010. I 
regularly pinch myself that it seems to be painfully easy to be 
productive using Python compared to the other langauges!

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  Re: using binary in python Larry Hudson <orgnut@yahoo.com> - 2015-11-09 22:20 -0800
    Re: using binary in python Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-11-10 15:14 -0500
      Re: using binary in python mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-11-10 20:36 +0000
        Re: using binary in python Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-11-10 16:02 -0500
          OT: Re: using binary in python mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-11-10 22:17 +0000
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