Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!feeder1.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!194.109.133.84.MISMATCH!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.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 0.049 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.90; '*S*': 0.00; 'argument': 0.04; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'python': 0.09; '"if': 0.09; "ain't": 0.09; 'subject:Why': 0.09; 'aug': 0.13; 'jerry': 0.16; 'programmer,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'certainly': 0.17; 'programming': 0.23; "i've": 0.23; 'idea': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.25; 'see,': 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'post': 0.28; 'that.': 0.30; 'expect': 0.31; 'received:209.85.160.46': 0.32; 'problem': 0.33; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'wrong': 0.34; 'described': 0.35; 'pm,': 0.35; 'subject:?': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'but': 0.36; '(i.e.': 0.36; 'programmers': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'why': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'fact': 0.38; 'things': 0.38; 'nothing': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'respect': 0.63; 'behavior': 0.64; 'to,': 0.65; 'learned': 0.65; 'url:v': 0.68; 'url:youtube': 0.70; 'url:watch': 0.74; 'gotten': 0.75; 'clinic': 0.84; 'pardon': 0.84; 'subject:remember': 0.91 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 :content-type; bh=pDuTfe0j3d44a2mPTrLjIVcHCFd/6inXHdQKQfuJwCc=; b=sBRt90pRVYUJrr0AEk/XCXqAyFy2W5YluLI2X4zEONS9XWoMnjLZkFkcpNUzrjg9zd XiY+TyRNAvDOJh4RTFF1GrrVfXFMUfIvH3gRmIo1W/e0v75d2h/2cbEibcI6C+PYBBDM D/yqs/3AXbGrQjL9fNAkH38SDl1ycuc2A+FWhtwFJAFvXk0TUJDcr6R9aZV0UkUwLfxu FZOxUOBpX3A9kigJFRMXiF2r3Zth2NSmAlLO23jUSsphA5ZN+C/WzE8ggvq+wBE///C4 HfAMCE2Rb2hD/vTsNDEMZAdZI+BW6wDUB1j3kvoaT98jkFG7OVbhbhzoixtjHQibCPBX mXpg== MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 22:05:51 -0400 Subject: Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? From: Jerry Hill To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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: 22 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1345428355 news.xs4all.nl 6912 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:33959 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:27450 On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 9:57 PM, kj wrote: > By now I have learned to expect that 99.99% of Python programmers > will find that there's nothing wrong with behavior like the one > described above, that it is in fact exactly As It Should Be, because, > you see, since Python is the epitome of perfection, it follows > inexorably that any flaw or shortcoming one may *perceive* in Python > is only an *illusion*: the flaw or shortcoming is really in the > benighted programmer, for having stupid ideas about programming > (i.e. any idea that may entail that Python is not *gasp* perfect). > Pardon my cynicism, but the general vibe from the replies I've > gotten to my post (i.e. "if Python ain't got it, it means you don't > need it") is entirely in line with these expectations. Since you have no respect for the people you're writing to, why bother? I know I certainly have no desire to spend any time at all on your problem when you say things like that. Perhaps you're looking for for the argument clinic instead? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDjCqjzbvJY -- Jerry