Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 19:23:04 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <5081d0c3$0$30003$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5083ad3e$0$29978$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5083c7da$0$29978$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <508448c6$0$29978$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: c-24-118-110-103.hsd1.mn.comcast.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1350847384 6270 24.118.110.103 (21 Oct 2012 19:23:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 19:23:04 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:31859 On 2012-10-21, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sun, 21 Oct 2012 22:43:07 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Steven D'Aprano >> wrote: >>> Er, no. Note spelling of "source code" vs "souce code". Hence the grin. >> >> Ahh. I totally didn't see that, I'm way too used to reading past typos. > > As a programmer, doesn't that screw up your debugging ability? Indeed it does. I spent a half hour the other day trying to figure out what was wrong with a line of PHP code, when it was nothing but a mis-spelled variable name. [I've only been working with PHP a short time, but have quickly grown to dislike it.] -- Grant