Path: csiph.com!eeepc.pasdenom.info!news.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!aioe.org!news.tcx.org.uk!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.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 0.013 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'idle': 0.05; 'kinda': 0.09; 'am,': 0.13; 'wrote:': 0.14; 'ignore': 0.15; 'maybe': 0.15; 'python;': 0.16; 'received:192.168.200': 0.16; 'stdlib.': 0.16; 'subject:IDLE': 0.16; 'feb': 0.16; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.17; 'cc:2**0': 0.21; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.23; 'all.': 0.24; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.24; 'code': 0.25; 'reflect': 0.27; 'second': 0.27; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.30; 'list': 0.31; 'thank': 0.31; 'does': 0.33; 'wrong.': 0.34; 'received:192': 0.34; 'header :User-Agent:1': 0.34; 'received:192.168': 0.37; 'behavior': 0.38; 'subject:: ': 0.39; 'sign': 0.39; 'around': 0.40; "it's": 0.40; 'your': 0.61; 'williams': 0.62; 'our': 0.64; 'remember': 0.65; 'serious': 0.80 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.60,410,1291590000"; d="scan'208";a="947177" X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zimbra.sequans.com Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:27:01 +0100 From: Jean-Michel Pichavant User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100328) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rantingrick Subject: Re: IDLE: A cornicopia of mediocrity and obfuscation. References: <1df3abde-43f1-4dd9-92d3-ad5c00fbb223@8g2000prt.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <1df3abde-43f1-4dd9-92d3-ad5c00fbb223@8g2000prt.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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: 23 NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.94.164.166 X-Trace: 1296570428 news.xs4all.nl 81482 [::ffff:82.94.164.166]:52069 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:55938 rantingrick wrote: > On Feb 1, 6:53 am, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > >> If you despise IDLE so much - use one of the many other IDE's that >> support Python; move on. >> > > Not exactly. Can we continue to ignore such lackluster and shabby code > in OUR stdlib. Remember the code reflects on all of us! > Can we continue to ignore such lackluster and shabby trolls in OUR mailing list ? Fortunately, the behavior of one does not reflect the behavior of us all. In a more serious way, just count the people who second your prosposition. It's around 0. It is usually a good sign that you're wrong. This rule kinda applies to anyone, don't take it personnaly. ... or maybe you're just trolling, in which case you can thank me for feeding. JM