Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!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': 0.06; '21,': 0.07; 'context': 0.07; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'style.': 0.09; 'sucks': 0.09; 'assembler': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'rewriting': 0.16; 'subject:Java': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'written': 0.21; 'certainly': 0.24; 'mon,': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'not.': 0.33; 'style': 0.33; 'subject: (': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'google': 0.35; 'c++': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'functional': 0.39; 'delete': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'how': 0.40; 'nobody': 0.68; 'procedural': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=aGs2ZmD4lQuyJbOvValEACisAOV3c/mGvVPmfmkwozc=; b=pDOv2H42MdLvTapLeomaSU8/izY8uezcvUJKGShLmJ3gfOmpxuJMnvLrMA4tNiGpro /gjYmz9tmCfJPgNT6Sk1XJdCvYzdHW3b3A4d+nR7HjKpOUFkPPPThU7M8gC4JeCGYb/l ycWg+EF0KMfyR5m2xZ78vuBfLXaSpkRWnYBepilNON3Ixc4L8u/8nfLLGqdjsGp4daEu 31NBwUAJwxmGZZCGsN9zJ2CblbUxqP4ZbuzN1m0iWCrfkhNyHH5eSWhQZhFCVbUIxpb6 OElxVuA3efUToq3rMi+6T29I2xtm/krf2pHbBgMlPf5coY3jg5uvbZNccwyzlUtd9Ttf CFXw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.68.182.3 with SMTP id ea3mr5614294pbc.124.1382341405627; Mon, 21 Oct 2013 00:43:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <91c7fd83-3e8b-4c41-9e16-7baaac518397@googlegroups.com> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 18:43:25 +1100 Subject: Re: Python was designed (was Re: Multi-threading in Python vs Java) From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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: 14 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1382341409 news.xs4all.nl 16005 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:48830 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:57183 On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 6:39 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 21/10/2013 08:31, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> "I use Google Groups and it sucks, so I delete all the context because >> then nobody can see how much it sucks at showing context." > > > Because it's written in (say) C++ in an object orientated style, so by > rewriting it using assembler in a procedural style it will be fixed? Certainly not. The solution is to use FORTRAN and functional style. That should be obvious! ChrisA