Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!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 0.085 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.84; '*S*': 0.01; 'used.': 0.09; 'cc:addr :python-list': 0.11; 'stored': 0.12; 'received:10.0.1.16': 0.16; 'received:166.84': 0.16; 'received:166.84.1': 0.16; 'received:166.84.1.89': 0.16; 'received:mailbackend.panix.com': 0.16; 'received:panix.com': 0.16; 'roy': 0.16; 'wing': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'received:10.0.1': 0.19; 'received:166': 0.19; '>>>': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; 'ray': 0.31; 'slot': 0.31; 'worked': 0.33; 'disk': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'received:10.0': 0.36; 'received:10': 0.37; 'space': 0.40; 'first': 0.61; 'header :Message-Id:1': 0.63; 'cards': 0.65; 'worth': 0.66; 'smith': 0.68; 'touch': 0.74; 'article': 0.77; 'william': 0.81; 'email addr:panix.com': 0.84; 'heh.': 0.84; 'rack': 0.84; '2013,': 0.91; 'controller': 0.91 Subject: Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Roy Smith In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 08:58:58 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <5167F327.3030803@nedbatchelder.com> To: William Ray Wing X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) Cc: python-list@python.org 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: 1368190740 news.xs4all.nl 15953 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:42331 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:45096 On May 10, 2013, at 7:49 AM, William Ray Wing wrote: > On May 10, 2013, at 12:55 AM, 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. >> > > Sounds suspiciously like an RK05. Yup. -- Roy Smith roy@panix.com