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Re: n00b question on spacing

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Subject Re: n00b question on spacing
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On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 02:20:56 +0100, MRAB wrote:
>
>> One vs not-one isn't good enough. Some languages use the singular with
>> any numbers ending in '1'. Some languages have singular, dual, and
>> plural. Etc. It's surprising how inventive people can be! :-)
>
> This is a good time to link to these interesting articles:
>
> http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/
>
> http://infiniteundo.com/post/25326999628/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-time

Thanks for that! I know the one about names, but have just had a
good-fun read of the second one. My sister and I are currently playing
Dungeons and Dragons together, and the trek through the bee-infested
forest took second place to laughing about time. :)

ChrisA

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Re: n00b question on spacing Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-22 14:36 +0100
  Re: n00b question on spacing Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-06-22 08:24 -0700
    Re: n00b question on spacing Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-22 16:40 +0100
      Re: n00b question on spacing Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-06-22 08:55 -0700
        Re: n00b question on spacing Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-22 17:11 +0100
    Re: n00b question on spacing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 09:12 +1000
      Re: n00b question on spacing Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-06-22 17:48 -0700
        Re: n00b question on spacing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 12:26 +1000
    Re: n00b question on spacing Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-06-22 19:28 -0400
    Re: n00b question on spacing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 09:37 +1000
    Re: n00b question on spacing Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-06-22 19:56 -0400
    Re: n00b question on spacing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 10:27 +1000
    Re: n00b question on spacing Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-06-22 20:46 -0400
    Re: n00b question on spacing MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-06-23 02:20 +0100
      Re: n00b question on spacing Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-23 02:58 +0000
        Re: n00b question on spacing Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-22 23:12 -0400
          Re: n00b question on spacing Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-23 03:22 +0000
            Re: n00b question on spacing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 13:36 +1000
            Re: n00b question on spacing Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-23 09:43 -0400
        Re: n00b question on spacing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 14:09 +1000
    Re: n00b question on spacing Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-06-22 21:35 -0400
    Re: n00b question on spacing Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-06-23 11:40 -0400

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