Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.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 0.008 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'python,': 0.01; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'am,': 0.12; 'c++': 0.12; 'backwards.': 0.16; 'c++.': 0.16; 'cascading': 0.16; 'included.': 0.16; 'subject: \n ': 0.16; 'subject:installing': 0.16; '\xc2\xa0you': 0.16; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.16; 'syntax': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'say,': 0.19; 'template': 0.19; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.20; "haven't": 0.20; 'subject:not': 0.21; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'alan': 0.23; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'url:mailman': 0.28; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.28; '24,': 0.29; 'looks': 0.29; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.29; 'error': 0.29; 'nov': 0.29; 'pm,': 0.29; 'character.': 0.30; 'fun.': 0.30; 'lived': 0.30; "didn't": 0.31; 'thu,': 0.32; 'url:listinfo': 0.32; 'builds': 0.34; 'end.': 0.34; 'subject:What': 0.34; 'moving': 0.35; 'unless': 0.35; 'url:python': 0.36; 'subject:with': 0.36; 'received:google.com': 0.37; 'received:209.85': 0.38; 'unlike': 0.39; 'url:org': 0.39; 'files': 0.39; "it's": 0.40; 'received:209': 0.40; 'move': 0.40; '2011': 0.61; 'further': 0.64; 'interest': 0.66; 'hundred': 0.74; 'to:addr:yahoo.com': 0.83; 'ton': 0.84; 'meyer': 0.91; 'subject:know': 0.93 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=TotJfMfDqN5pzilfSUmgDAAHw8CFBzo/Bxws0XYooqs=; b=t+JrP+YYP2+jx0chMWty+BVH/QqIw5zEFae6bfpgWahm5cpFdlBG0LtxxI30ezJFw/ BJrwnHS/RbZSGuzenLUArkZ5yBwbFY1W0yhIjW6Rop8fpeL3kyoe/sFMdfR9pPT/Iwdr e9wkM7QrlXtUP/hYL85AF73ZE2LvoUNcrmiYg= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <4ECBF01A.7060507@yahoo.com> <4ECBF80E.9090003@yahoo.com> From: Matt Joiner Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:58:59 +1100 Subject: Re: What I do and do not know about installing Python on Win 7 with regard to IDLE. To: Alan Meyer Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1322089163 news.xs4all.nl 6890 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:45251 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:16132 Moving to C++ is _always_ a step backwards. On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Alan Meyer wrote: > On 11/23/2011 12:38 PM, W. eWatson wrote: >> >> So unless Alan Meyer has further interest in this, it looks like it's at >> an end. >> >> It may be time to move on to c++. >> > > C++ is a ton of fun. =C2=A0You haven't lived until you've made a syntax e= rror in > a template instantiation and seen a hundred cascading error messages from > included files that you didn't know you included. > > Unlike Python, it really builds character. > > I say, go for it! > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Alan > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >