Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.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 0.066 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.87; '*S*': 0.00; 'debug': 0.07; 'broke': 0.09; 'driver,': 0.09; 'used.': 0.09; 'yeah,': 0.09; 'year?': 0.09; 'stored': 0.12; 'wrote': 0.14; 'beating': 0.16; 'crashed': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'roy': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; '(the': 0.22; 'machine': 0.22; 'mention': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'wondering': 0.29; 'chris': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'code': 0.31; 'slot': 0.31; 'anyone': 0.31; 'worked': 0.33; 'fri,': 0.33; 'device': 0.34; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'disk': 0.36; 'virtual': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'sure': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'changed': 0.39; 'system.': 0.39; 'space': 0.40; 'first': 0.61; 'times': 0.62; 'developed': 0.63; 'cards': 0.65; 'air': 0.66; 'worth': 0.66; 'smith': 0.68; 'touch': 0.74; 'article': 0.77; 'exercise,': 0.84; 'heh.': 0.84; 'rack': 0.84; 'you.)': 0.84; 'controller': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=cXQTtlUVzUbCB/kw+BVgqqKP1QmS3j8uu1ciaHMgzgs=; b=dMlWNVZZ30fQdVBd8olMAn5LrnA9+4NV9Kg8jRILRing73QguSvftpq2kSU0+leRDv x+/zzg7tis2H6qvVmFuzGnmJIjmosTAhbe5mdKEbcca0JiLa2A+AWITzSJJYd9z/6p+O ID8X4eVNQw5BGRK/Rh6GNtaVOSBcCzV2Q3ATOm2I+seWC4oYTLMbATRx55CKm2Gyo+6v RDg9CwdzLmQIMt5T0vKJba80qpsBZAEoupPCsr0cbMpSdc+qiQxytaj6NlQyhYfBbQO5 GQ/hM/rOvWG/4fuZXRb/fa84JfK8xqnt32VpIFF1H+h3xDl6VUr63uEIN3gJ8hgAiLT2 aE2w== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.20.210 with SMTP id p18mr8598028vde.42.1368171450366; Fri, 10 May 2013 00:37:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <5167F327.3030803@nedbatchelder.com> Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 17:37:30 +1000 Subject: Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2 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: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1368171458 news.xs4all.nl 15964 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:36557 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:45088 On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Roy Smith wrote: > In article , > Chris Angelico wrote: > >> The first hard disk I ever worked with stored 20MB in the space of a >> 5.25" slot (plus its associated ISA controller card). > > Heh. The first hard disk I ever worked with stored 2.4 MB in 6U of rack > space (plus 4 Unibus cards worth of controller). That's not actually > the first hard disk I ever used. Just the first one I ever got to touch > with my own hands. > > Did I mention that the air filters had to be changed a few times a year? > > Uphill both ways, in the snow, while beating off the dinosaurs with > sticks. Yeah, I'm pretty young. First computer I ever broke (the same one that had the aforementioned 20MB drive) addressed a whole megabyte of memory, 640KB of which was OK (we're left wondering whether anyone would notice if ROM developed a fault), and I got to play around with 64KB of it in DEBUG.EXE. And yeah, I wrote code straight in DEBUG and saved it and crashed the system. (Tip: If you want to write a device driver, make sure you start with your dad happy with you.) Was good fun. I heartily recommend the exercise, but... uhh... do consider setting up a virtual machine first :) ChrisA