Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!selfless.tophat.at!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.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 0.021 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; 'pm,': 0.10; 'programmer': 0.11; 'received:209.85.214.174': 0.14; 'received:mail- iw0-f174.google.com': 0.14; 'wrote:': 0.14; 'angelico': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'hex': 0.16; "someone's": 0.16; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.21; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.28; 'received:209.85.214': 0.28; 'sat,': 0.29; 'programmers': 0.31; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'chris': 0.34; 'difference': 0.37; 'received:google.com': 0.37; 'received:209.85': 0.37; 'another': 0.37; 'but': 0.38; 'though': 0.38; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'received:209': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'day.': 0.73; 'christmas': 0.97 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=OYNFmzZQ9jNUqanHtWL+MaUQ3ApLR0lModRAzvgmfwQ=; b=vC8UTKfEX/nYyPDsQ5SaJj8ugLTmACPmj0IG4njrR59AJrQMepkeaeNpgpoEH+z1E8 rOHwhnPhrgCqiq7y2dOPPAzyDx5E/ZXuIcgyoXWXREB4juTvL9DSfE5BefNMqomVV0a3 BNxAYN06uS3DX1weHirGhsWzzxJpLz++sy7WQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=Iggphz3xPBdOhxhf+JurFlYClYc1bVuP2oAQsK7dwdOOrTTPc6vuCgPPMWMNhPk4sW PwX27UjwsNt5P6qmLwunsxd/G/cdTezKCS1/6o3b6Bk1jZKgRtBqldM22BYQm9LotyeV JlfGBMdc9rb11uBToQFwmUCOXw+sigv9pyX2Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <22197160-095a-4285-8dc4-1814e00a8181@s41g2000prb.googlegroups.com> References: <4dd9aaac$0$29996$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <71ab1ccc-c2c0-474f-b7bb-1000754317e4@z13g2000prk.googlegroups.com> <22197160-095a-4285-8dc4-1814e00a8181@s41g2000prb.googlegroups.com> Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 22:50:40 +1000 Subject: Re: and becomes or and or becomes and From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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: 9 NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.94.164.166 X-Trace: 1306587044 news.xs4all.nl 49176 [::ffff:82.94.164.166]:47992 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:6468 On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 10:27 PM, bch wrote: > And of course, a programmer cannot tell the difference between > Halloween and Christmas day. Well known, of course. But a lot of modern programmers don't speak octal, they only use another power-of-two base; it's as though someone's cast a hex on them. Chris Angelico