Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!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: OK 0.067 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.87; '*S*': 0.01; 'indicates': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; ';-)': 0.11; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'thu,': 0.17; 'tim': 0.18; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.28; 'represent': 0.28; 'run': 0.28; 'chase': 0.29; 'ram': 0.33; 'url:home': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'received:org': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'sure': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'subject:, ': 0.61; 'hearing': 0.61; 'more': 0.63; 'limit': 0.65; 'jul': 0.65; 'death': 0.71; 'universe': 0.84; 'dennis': 0.91; 'subject:skip:E 10': 0.95 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Dennis Lee Bieber Subject: Re: Encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:47:50 -0400 Organization: > Bestiaria Support Staff < References: <5005A103.9050802@stoneleaf.us> <5006b48a$0$29978$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <50076437$0$1756$c3e8da3$76491128@news.astraweb.com> <3d919437-80a8-424f-ae90-fb829434dba2@po9g2000pbb.googlegroups.com> <500804cc$0$29978$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <50084FEC.7040806@tim.thechases.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-76-253-106-193.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 X-No-Archive: YES 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: 15 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1342730879 news.xs4all.nl 6934 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:40805 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:25650 On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:20:28 -0500, Tim Chase declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: > Sure it terminates...If you don't run out of RAM to represent the > number "i" in question, there's also this "heat death of the > universe" limit I keep hearing about ;-) > Since the current evidence indicates the universe will just keep expanding, it's more of a "deep freeze death..." -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/