Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.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: UNSURE 0.381 X-Spam-Level: *** X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.38; '*S*': 0.14; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'oct': 0.16; 'soap,': 0.16; 'url:shtml': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'feb': 0.19; 'cheers,': 0.23; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'url :non-standard http port': 0.30; 'getting': 0.33; 'defense': 0.33; 'up!': 0.33; 'wednesday': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'pm,': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'object': 0.38; 'things': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'charset:windows-1256': 0.61; 'header:Message-Id:1': 0.62; 'respect': 0.63; 'url:%20': 0.63; 'harder': 0.65; 'realise': 0.65; 'url:%1': 0.68; 'born': 0.71; 'received:204': 0.72; '2013': 0.84; 'received:66.118': 0.84; 'albert': 0.91; 'mistake': 0.91; 'taught': 0.97 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 X-Spam-Level: From: Gene Heskett To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Is Python "venerable"? Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:33:23 -0500 References: <201302192310.30668.gheskett@wdtv.com> <1361358235.22846.140661194175433.21504DE1@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <1361358235.22846.140661194175433.21504DE1@webmail.messagingengine.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="windows-1256" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:49:18 +0100 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: 26 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1361461760 news.xs4all.nl 6938 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:38767 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:39438 On Wednesday 20 February 2013 10:32:14 Albert Hopkins did opine: > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013, at 11:10 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > [...] > > > And even us old (78) farts are calling things Kewl now. > > 78??? Is that the year you were born or the years since you were born? > > -a Born in Oct 1934. 78yo now. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: is up! My views Ralph's Observation: It is a mistake to let any mechanical object realise that you are in a hurry. I was taught to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder to find any...