Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!usenet-fr.net!nerim.net!novso.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.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 0.043 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.92; '*S*': 0.00; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'back.': 0.09; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'tismer': 0.09; 'title.': 0.09; '~ethan~': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'thread': 0.14; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'thread?': 0.16; 'troll': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'programming': 0.22; 'coding': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; "haven't": 0.24; 'posts': 0.26; 'second': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'point': 0.28; 'am,': 0.29; 'team.': 0.31; 'usually': 0.31; 'file': 0.32; 'stuff': 0.32; 'everyone': 0.33; 'could': 0.34; 'beyond': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'are,': 0.36; "he's": 0.36; 'himself': 0.36; 'useful': 0.36; 'so,': 0.37; 'christian': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'that,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'even': 0.60; 'failures': 0.60; 'tell': 0.60; 'world.': 0.61; 'name': 0.63; 'of:': 0.68; 'subject': 0.69; 'published': 0.71; '100%': 0.77; 'leaders': 0.83; 'bench': 0.84; 'ethan': 0.84; 'furman': 0.84; 'yet?': 0.84; 'received:89': 0.85; 'captain': 0.91; 'joel': 0.91; 'subject:Global': 0.91; 'rick': 0.93; 'dream': 0.95 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:04:13 +0000 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-89-240-160-215.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.1.0 In-Reply-To: <52850EB4.6080303@stoneleaf.us> 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: 33 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1384455872 news.xs4all.nl 15961 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:60418 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:59465 On 14/11/2013 17:56, 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~ But he's not 100% troll as he has published some useful stuff on IDLE/tkinter, that's why he's only on the subs bench for my Trolls Dream Team. No guesses who the captain is now :) -- Python is the second best programming language in the world. But the best has yet to be invented. Christian Tismer Mark Lawrence