Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!feeder.news-service.com!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.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 0.042 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.92; '*S*': 0.00; ':-)': 0.06; 'function,': 0.07; 'examples': 0.12; 'am,': 0.14; 'wrote:': 0.14; 'assertion': 0.16; 'disagree,': 0.16; 'compatible': 0.16; 'cc:addr:python- list': 0.17; 'tue,': 0.17; 'slightly': 0.19; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.21; 'cc:2**0': 0.22; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.23; '\xa0if': 0.23; 'received:209.85.161.46': 0.23; 'received:mail- fx0-f46.google.com': 0.23; 'function': 0.25; 'received:209.85.161': 0.26; 'example': 0.27; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.28; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.30; 'differences': 0.30; 'html.': 0.30; 'it.': 0.31; 'does': 0.33; 'list': 0.33; 'things': 0.33; 'fail': 0.34; 'example,': 0.35; 'test': 0.35; 'open': 0.36; 'uses': 0.36; 'received:google.com': 0.37; 'received:209.85': 0.37; 'case': 0.37; 'perform': 0.37; 'two': 0.37; 'could': 0.38; 'but': 0.38; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'received:209': 0.39; 'easily': 0.60; '31,': 0.65; 'show': 0.66; 'prove': 0.68; '"all': 0.84; "'one'": 0.84; '11:56': 0.84; 'invite': 0.89; 'excel,': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=PaXn8cTCt5ND8Mtv7DuNwnT8d9/30Ub00U7Qr+ibk8g=; b=lZrVJxRSOqoOFjgwmVwAJ2ErTrAYJ5OPx7bbQHlUJSKRVIhmBunWdR1dwTgVHd9+NN d6q30GmrVTWzhTeWgnPe/0H90uTMtxbfjGiZ3tvFa3xAxTdXI+cL0MT71OPFxpVFFVSR eJBnFUeIaSNZKJYiWLt6I8tAUml0+5vZaKvks= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=pZmmaUrS/usHXKDBylEAC/CTjx9qxwKirOAfrQ6hxCl3FC1a3APc57fTbYrL7w3w11 RvW4vS1SkWc/DpIYQWoRQj4jYsYyT3M3Z55uj6hyVZbijgL3nAIcOJf7arqAQKjkUNkk 4rKCxr+TFwJGvJT2Se8ha+u8n/6bKSGL8OmDg= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <4DDC7938.5000900@gmail.com> <4ddfc8ae$0$29996$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <4de09317$0$29996$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <2giEp.236$QL2.62@newsfe04.iad> From: Ian Kelly Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 12:29:14 -0600 Subject: Re: Beginner needs advice To: Dotan Cohen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: python-list@python.org 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: 23 NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.94.164.166 X-Trace: 1306866586 news.xs4all.nl 49176 [::ffff:82.94.164.166]:58657 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:6750 On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> =A0If you disagree, then I invite you to list one example of two >> different things that are compatible. >> > > Men and women. This is a slightly different sense of the word compatible than we have been discussing: able to work together to perform a function, not interchangeable. > MS Office and Open Office. Nope. Remember, the assertion by harrismh777 was that "all you have to do to prove incompatibility is to show 'one' (1) test case where compatibility fails". As one example, any Calc document that uses the EASTERSUNDAY function will fail in Excel, since Excel does not provide it. I could easily come up with other examples (let's not even get into the differences in macros), but one is all I need. > IE6 and HTML. :-)