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Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths

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On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> In article <d2e561f1-f5ba-4242-941d-6989abd1a482@googlegroups.com>,
>  wxjmfauth@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> I have always found, computer scientists are funny scientists.
>
> I have always found that sciences which contain the word "science" in
> their name tend to not be very scientific.
>
> Biology, Chemistry, Physics, those are real sciences.  Computer Science,
> Social Science, Political Science, not so much.

Right. We use the scientific method only in our worst work, like
poking at a black-box system to try to reverse compile it. Our work
generally involves examining a problem and figuring out which set of
tools will best solve it, which is more of an engineering thing.
("Build a bridge. Your chasm is X meters across, your bridge must
support Y kg of vehicles traversing it, the terrain is unsuited to
pylons, and you must not exceed Z meters of height above the road
surface.") And programmers, like engineers, have to deal with the
possibility (or certainty) of idiots using their products. This is not
a pure science by any means.

ChrisA

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PEP8 revised: max line lengths Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-08-01 15:52 -0400
  Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-01 20:51 -0400
    Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-02 04:28 +0000
    Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2013-08-02 13:07 +0200
      Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-02 08:08 -0700
        Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-08-02 10:19 -0500
          Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-02 14:15 -0700
            Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-02 22:34 +0100
            Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-08-03 03:21 +0100
            Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-03 07:43 +0100
              Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-03 11:00 -0400
                Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-03 10:21 -0700
    Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Nicholas Cole <nicholas.cole@gmail.com> - 2013-08-03 12:35 +0100
      Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-04 02:52 -0700
        Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-04 10:07 -0400
          Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Sergi Pasoev <s.pasoev@gmail.com> - 2013-08-04 18:20 +0400
          Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Sergi Pasoev <s.pasoev@gmail.com> - 2013-08-04 18:27 +0400
          Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-04 15:18 +0100
            Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-04 14:18 -0400
              Re: PEP8 revised: max line lengths Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-04 19:23 +0100

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