Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!goblin1!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!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 0.150 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.70; '*S*': 0.00; 'suppose': 0.07; '-my': 0.09; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'language.': 0.14; '13:38,': 0.16; 'all...': 0.16; 'surprising': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; "haven't": 0.24; 'this:': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'andrew': 0.30; 'besides': 0.30; 'statement': 0.30; 'probably': 0.32; 'there': 0.35; 'chair': 0.36; 'doubt': 0.36; 'list': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'realize': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'read': 0.60; 'most': 0.60; 'hope': 0.61; 'subject:Fwd': 0.61; 'received:173': 0.61; 'act': 0.63; 'real': 0.63; 'such': 0.63; 'our': 0.64; 'more': 0.64; 'received:phx3.secureserver.net': 0.65; 'received:prod.phx3.secureserver.net': 0.65; 'life': 0.66; 'bothered': 0.68; 'subject': 0.69; 'received:173.201': 0.91; 'inbox': 0.93 Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:28:41 -0800 From: Andrew Robinson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Comparisons and sorting of a numeric class.... References: <54C6434E.1030101@r3dsolutions.com> <54C6436F.8020906@r3dsolutions.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1422304209 news.xs4all.nl 2836 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:47534 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:84618 Hi Mark ! I hope you are well, and haven't been injured falling out of your chair laughing. There are probably 12 to 14 emails that I haven't been able to read in my inbox from the python list on the subject of this 'drivel', because I have a real life besides the semi-comedy act that goes on here. I seriously doubt I will ever read them all... On 01/26/2015 08:31 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 26/01/2015 13:38, Andrew Robinson wrote: >> > > *plonk* > Ah well, now that I have actually bothered to read your three replies, I suppose the most surprising part of your emails is this: -My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. You do realize that such a statement actually encourages more drivel ? :D Cheers.