Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed7.news.xs4all.nl!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.007 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.05; 'only,': 0.07; '"if': 0.09; 'least)': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'python': 0.10; '(at': 0.13; 'languages,': 0.15; 'fits': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'input': 0.18; 'language': 0.19; '>>>': 0.20; '2015': 0.20; 'lawrence': 0.22; 'simpler': 0.22; 'programming': 0.22; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.26; 'chris': 0.26; 'skip:u 20': 0.28; 'purposes.': 0.29; 'option': 0.31; 'language.': 0.32; 'getting': 0.33; 'point': 0.33; 'idle': 0.33; 'but': 0.36; 'too': 0.36; '(and': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'pm,': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'received:org': 0.37; 'things': 0.38; 'no,': 0.38; 'why': 0.39; 'sure': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'mark': 0.40; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.62; 'making': 0.62; 'course': 0.62; 'our': 0.64; '26,': 0.72; 'feeling': 0.72; 'jul': 0.72; 'increasing': 0.76; 'me).': 0.84; 'pythonistas,': 0.84; 'utc+5:30,': 0.84; 'dozen': 0.91; 'subject:Gmail': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: Gmail eats Python Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 12:25:40 +0100 References: <201507251634.t6PGYUvo028820@fido.openend.se> <87d1zgyqgb.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <228d9572-6cff-4f89-bd68-e31ecbb8e46a@googlegroups.com> <327a9975-b079-4d44-998d-0d1168ba7a59@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-78-147-187-35.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.1.0 In-Reply-To: <327a9975-b079-4d44-998d-0d1168ba7a59@googlegroups.com> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 21 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1437909978 news.xs4all.nl 2828 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:52075 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:94620 On 26/07/2015 07:15, Rustom Mody wrote: > On Sunday, July 26, 2015 at 11:05:14 AM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Rustom Mody wrote: >>> JFTR: Ive been using emacs for 20+ years. And I have the increasing feeling >>> that my students are getting fedup with it (and me). Used Idle for my last python >>> course without too much grief. If only it were an option for 25 programming languages, and org-mode and unicode/devanagari/tex input and. >> >> Not sure whether you're making the point deliberately or accidentally, >> but that's exactly why emacs is so big and heavy: "if only, if only". >> Simpler things do less. > > Do you not use ½ dozen (at least) languages? No, I use precisely one as it fits my purposes. -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence