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| From | Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams |
| Date | 2013-05-13 18:42 +0000 |
| Organization | Norwich University |
| Message-ID | <avcqgkFbdrbU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 2013-05-13, Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> wrote: >> 8. A programming language is low level when its programs >> require attention to the irrelevant. >> >> So much a matter of debate. Indentation is irrelevant, why >> should Python programs pay attention to it? Block delimiters >> are irrelevant too, the interpreter should be able to figure >> them out from the code layout. But this one is absolutely >> right: > > I think "irrelevant" in this context means stuff like memory > management. I thought I liked that one at first, but upon reflection it speciously inserts the word "irrelevant" in order to avoid stating a tautology: A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to low level details. -- Neil Cerutti
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[Off topic] Software epigrams Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-13 09:20 +0000
Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams "marduk@python.net" <marduk@python.net> - 2013-05-13 10:56 -0400
Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-14 03:47 +1000
Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-05-13 13:02 -0500
Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-05-13 18:42 +0000
Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-05-13 21:49 +0100
Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-05-15 17:24 +0000
Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-05-15 18:49 +0100
Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-05-15 18:27 +0000
Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-05-16 01:21 +0100
Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-05-16 14:23 +0000
Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-17 00:37 +1000
Re: Software epigrams rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-05-16 08:06 -0700
Re: Software epigrams Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-17 01:19 +1000
python 2.7 vs 2.5 inq1ltd <inq1ltd@inqvista.com> - 2013-05-15 16:56 -0400
sendmail smtplib.SMTP('localhost') Where is the email? inq1ltd <inq1ltd@inqvista.com> - 2013-05-30 15:48 -0400
Re: sendmail smtplib.SMTP('localhost') Where is the email? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-31 08:13 +1000
Re: sendmail smtplib.SMTP('localhost') Where is the email? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-05-30 19:23 -0400
Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-14 04:12 +1000
Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2013-05-14 03:08 +0000
Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-14 13:28 +1000
Re: Software epigrams rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-05-15 20:55 -0700
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