Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!newsfeed.datemas.de!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!xlned.com!feeder3.xlned.com!news2.euro.net!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 0.077 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.85; '*S*': 0.01; 'additionally': 0.09; 'moderator': 0.09; 'overflow': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'aren\x92t': 0.16; 'exist.': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'hits': 0.16; 'perl.': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'wed,': 0.18; 'stack': 0.19; '>>>': 0.22; 'mention': 0.26; 'post': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'compared': 0.30; 'matching': 0.30; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'peterson': 0.31; 'supposed': 0.32; 'regular': 0.32; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'himself': 0.36; 'being': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'does': 0.39; 'extremely': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'expression': 0.60; 'such': 0.63; 'face': 0.64; 'account': 0.65; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.65; 'between': 0.67; 'jul': 0.74; 'secret': 0.74; 'doesn\x92t': 0.84; 'suspended': 0.91; 'light.': 0.93; '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 :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GnDzmoAYL9Aiop5PAO1YMQwS3J7BHMzyGmFUZbxs2qM=; b=tCnLR3jLneJtpuNJCNPD4XhLoZ/JQTZX9nxPeBhWMPjAoY3I2IM9Vd2j6gTgxNjIGw tmpaxjaOHVNg5ucjTo568jFqdG2qGZLfXdM2qL8M7A9GJYwi4y8lu4Xa0BthhylRiQtG UNWrDEaUfAtNNX4voz57h2489+C0ntE6j8mgR1MhFqrHEC0wED8FplmCgwa/jFHp6DIo e214M8wMbCZkVYIvpk6UaJnN5jFP/NNPihwHpk7J7B2nSEQb/n1wJlnhrtXmq+htHsCG FhK3RzontCRfBNtup8nqGHtqULxY/kdkws6Seu2qBS8usOif4I61pyjBc5rLLr7P7Cdo cFxw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.220.182.193 with SMTP id cd1mr18603443vcb.32.1373445995615; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 01:46:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 18:46:35 +1000 Subject: =?windows-1252?Q?Re=3A_Stack_Overflow_moderator_=93animuson=94?= From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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: 20 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1373446004 news.xs4all.nl 16009 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:43565 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:50313 On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Mats Peterson wrote: > Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Mats Peterson wrote: >>> A moderator who calls himself =93animuson=94 on Stack Overflow doesn=92= t >>> want to face the truth. He has deleted all my postings regarding Python >>> regular expression matching being extremely slow compared to Perl. >>> Additionally my account has been suspended for 7 days. Such a dickwad. >> >> And this matters... how? What are we supposed to do about it? We are >> not the Python Secret Underground, which emphatically does not exist. >> >> ChrisA > > You aren=92t supposed to do squat about it. I just wanted to mention it > to the Python evangelists, who need to see the light. Your post hits me squarely between the eyes, leaving an "Uhh?"-shaped hole. ChrisA