Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.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 0.054 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.89; '*S*': 0.00; 'back.': 0.09; 'from:addr:ethan': 0.09; 'from:addr:stoneleaf.us': 0.09; 'from:name:ethan furman': 0.09; 'message-id:@stoneleaf.us': 0.09; 'title.': 0.09; '~ethan~': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'thread': 0.14; 'thread?': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'coding': 0.22; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.23; "haven't": 0.24; 'posts': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.27; 'point': 0.28; 'am,': 0.29; 'usually': 0.31; 'file': 0.32; 'everyone': 0.33; 'could': 0.34; 'beyond': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'are,': 0.36; "he's": 0.36; 'himself': 0.36; 'charset:us- ascii': 0.36; 'so,': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'that,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'even': 0.60; 'failures': 0.60; 'tell': 0.60; 'received:173': 0.61; 'name': 0.63; 'of:': 0.68; 'subject': 0.69; 'leaders': 0.83; 'yet?': 0.84; 'joel': 0.91; 'subject:Global': 0.91; 'rick': 0.93 Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 09:56:04 -0800 From: Ethan Furman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121010 Thunderbird/16.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! References: <7b97786a-2aaf-454c-8c3a-1c19d20d4345@googlegroups.com> <2373cb88-c3e8-46ee-bf0c-82bb69c97226@googlegroups.com> <5284393c$0$29975$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <528464af$0$29971$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator3304.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - python.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - stoneleaf.us X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: ([173.12.184.233]) [173.12.184.233]:54833 X-Source-Auth: ethan+stoneleaf.us X-Email-Count: 1 X-Source-Cap: dG9idWs7dG9idWs7Z2F0b3IzMzA0Lmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= 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: 18 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1384454513 news.xs4all.nl 15880 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:51520 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:59462 On 11/14/2013 09:37 AM, Joel Goldstick wrote: > > So, beyond that, what is the point of the thread? You haven't met Ranting Rick yet? He's a troll's troll, outdone only by one other whose name I don't remember. His posts are, amazingly enough, rants. Usually about his (mis)perceptions of the failures of: - Python - The Python Leaders - Good Coding Practices - Everyone but himself (and the "Silent Majority" he represents) He has been on vacation for a few months, but, alas, he is back. Interestingly, even though he is still in my kill file I could tell the thread was his just from the subject title. -- ~Ethan~