Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Neil Cerutti Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception Date: 30 Sep 2013 12:56:44 GMT Organization: Norwich University Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 02Kdr3/1Hy+QnxooOSsiPw6ehY7LbFyPglaHkpEF86nravRzZA Cancel-Lock: sha1:d/qNyEXBJxcc5RrBUrkqWSAMW0E= User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1/mm/ao (Win32) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:55069 On 2013-09-30, Chris Angelico wrote: >>>> > You actually need the tool that was used on King Edward >>>> > II. >>> >>> To be clear, Mark, you are calling for ?????????? to be >>> tortured to death with a red hot poker, yes? >>> >>> I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that such a >>> suggestion is outside what people generally consider >>> acceptable on this list. >> >> It's reassuring that even a guy like Nikos has his White >> Knights. > > Ahoy! Ahoy! Check! > > Actually, it's more that even those of us who will put him down > verbally don't actually want to see him tortured to death. I've > strongly recommended that he either shape up or ship out (learn to > code or get out of programming as a business), but that doesn't in any > way mean I would rejoice at his death. This makes perfect sense. It's be sort of like being one of the police in Dallas protecting Oswald; it's from a sense of duty, rather than a generally sincere love. > But he is annoying. Very annoying. And I completely understand > the frustration that leads people to want him to suffer great > pain. I don't want him to suffer great pain, but it would please me if it were possible to annoy him in some way. Like maybe with the sound of a mosquito. BZZZZ! BzzzzzZZZZZ! -- Neil Cerutti