Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit4.readnews.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: flaming vs accuracy [was Re: Performance of int/long in Python 3] Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:52:40 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <0b779c80-4f50-4716-8c30-47755c15f304@m12g2000yqp.googlegroups.com> <5153a12d$0$29998$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5153d313$0$29984$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <0b6be19c-ff11-4e24-a7dc-fec0af411393@kw7g2000pbb.googlegroups.com> <5153f5ce$0$29984$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1364568760 12566 64.122.56.22 (29 Mar 2013 14:52:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:52:40 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:42249 On 2013-03-28, Ethan Furman wrote: > I cannot speak for the borg mind, but for myself a troll is anyone > who continually posts rants (such as RR & XL) or who continuously > hijacks threads to talk about their pet peeve (such as jmf). Assuming jmf actually does care deeply and genuinely about Unicode implementations, and his postings reflect his actual position/opinion, then he's not a troll. Traditionally, a troll is someone who posts statements purely to provoke a response -- they don't really care about the topic and often don't believe what they're posting. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! BARBARA STANWYCK makes at me nervous!! gmail.com