Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!dedibox.gegeweb.org!gegeweb.eu!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!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 0.127 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.75; '*S*': 0.01; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'wrote': 0.14; 'posted': 0.15; '"terry': 0.16; 'follow-up': 0.16; 'newsgroup.': 0.16; 'reedy"': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'discussion': 0.18; 'seems': 0.21; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'necessary.': 0.24; 'skip:n 60': 0.24; 'mon,': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'generally': 0.29; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'along': 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'posting': 0.31; 'usually': 0.31; 'quite': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'plain': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'possible': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'being': 0.38; 'nov': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'even': 0.60; 'results.': 0.60; 'information': 0.63; 'valuable': 0.63; 'more': 0.64; 'subject:. ': 0.67; 'results': 0.69; 'e-mail.': 0.70; 'tone': 0.84; 'joel': 0.91; 'subject:2013': 0.95; '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=6tOM18V6Ek7rWV2zFPGjDKa9LUXilt+E00DaC2T1kWM=; b=RAscML1QtXflcxWEyL52+sRRDd4GFDm5EjvnC6PYMBcsJ1UfwzeTzAhOk9Wb228vYo GdtullF+/IqHIMSAxiniDLkH2C8+fJdsDBWSeCjVN1fOwP4Bzo2Bz+ziiwVvK4Jy5T1Y FjNipcPqfyk1Q3VyBBH1YgIgvCIBqdsliXB8L4L/RTHFkGZ+wHCDdfNeufgqm0t/NVGY os8ghp9Z1wyQ9wMwxgVKaEt3iSOn8VyVAT/G1UVb455tdZjsmP2R7C3Wi+81ZdgmE25E 0EoprSg65k/L2VxrHPmALqsUT/0ce/Pv2mDQnNC5Wcc0kSYzSqHOr8P4sHe/HSweVZ/f cX7A== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.146.71 with SMTP id ta7mr2576327veb.23.1384796140572; Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:35:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <16-dnTt25vCj1hfPnZ2dnUVZ_qidnZ2d@earthlink.com> References: <16-dnTt25vCj1hfPnZ2dnUVZ_qidnZ2d@earthlink.com> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 12:35:40 -0500 Subject: Re: Program Translation - Nov. 14, 2013 From: Joel Goldstick To: "E.D.G." 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: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1384796144 news.xs4all.nl 15950 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:42091 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:59895 On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:15 PM, E.D.G. wrote: > "Terry Reedy" wrote in message > news:mailman.2820.1384745298.18130.python-list@python.org... > > >> A couple of sentences of follow-up would have been sufficient. > > > The experience that I have had over the years with Newsgroup posting > is that it is generally better to try to be polite and answer as many > questions as possible even when that results in more information being > posted than might be necessary. Hopefully a discussion will then end > quietly on a pleasant note. > > That approach seems to usually produce good results. Quite often > people who are happy with the tone of the public Newsgroup discussion will > send along some valuable information by E-mail. And that has been happening > with this present discussion that will now continue in only the Fortran > Newsgroup. > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list This is just plain senseless. Is the op a Bot? -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com