Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.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 0.133 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.74; '*S*': 0.01; 'back.': 0.09; 'title.': 0.09; '~ethan~': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'thread': 0.14; 'ah,': 0.16; 'thread?': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'thu,': 0.19; 'thanks.': 0.20; 'coding': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; "haven't": 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'posts': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'point': 0.28; 'am,': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'usually': 0.31; 'file': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'everyone': 0.33; 'could': 0.34; 'beyond': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; '14,': 0.36; 'are,': 0.36; "he's": 0.36; 'himself': 0.36; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'so,': 0.37; 'nov': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'that,': 0.38; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'even': 0.60; 'failures': 0.60; 'tell': 0.60; 'tag': 0.61; 'name': 0.63; 'of:': 0.68; 'subject': 0.69; 'leaders': 0.83; 'ethan': 0.84; 'furman': 0.84; 'yet?': 0.84; 'joel': 0.91; 'subject:Global': 0.91; 'rick': 0.93; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=yDsayQps5ifRUONzyyLmG9yBDwgB7LEktqHHaxwE6Kw=; b=JjSYakCOWJ6uRZbonKnS4j66yPCvdhn+rMWLB7Y5QLRR+NbZ2OrBFnrET7mfs36rWE 12gXigBymeBf5rqSRGeqJu8J3FtxmWREgiPsU5/PFSD6gopreNcRXTzoJHp5KX3JoTkB uAaC+QrxxMn3HOPZMglblMZSvO9Fj7MZYtQcY8XFM4JXK7mnsppiIGVrPvCEjjxamu/d zofk1ZHcEtu7fo6F2JnHFtwWPVPkMzMDDyltNgmgXfGuH/xhGwR577RW/FTXLFSRX3AJ k78OWsJRGLnAGCmnmGNVYwxSTIY2IPka7pT9yYkj5RckgqxcDY/7JaQ4GjTXWZbsl9lQ jF2A== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.220.123.195 with SMTP id q3mr495820vcr.74.1384454638025; Thu, 14 Nov 2013 10:43:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <52850EB4.6080303@stoneleaf.us> 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> <52850EB4.6080303@stoneleaf.us> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:43:57 -0500 Subject: Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! From: Joel Goldstick To: Ethan Furman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "python-list@python.org" 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: 32 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1384454641 news.xs4all.nl 15916 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:53349 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:59463 On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Ethan Furman wrote: > 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~ > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list Ah, thanks. A tag team .. oh my! -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com