Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!nuzba.szn.dk!pnx.dk!amsnews11.chello.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.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 0.002 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'received:verizon.net': 0.07; 'terry': 0.07; 'whatever.': 0.07; 'comment,': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229.12': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'received:lo.gmane.org': 0.09; 'subject:was': 0.15; 'nonsense': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'subject:install': 0.16; 'subject:lxml': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'advance': 0.17; 'linux': 0.17; 'jan': 0.19; 'discussion': 0.21; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'figure': 0.23; 'code': 0.25; 'otherwise,': 0.25; 'hall': 0.25; 'pm,': 0.26; 'looks': 0.27; 'far.': 0.28; 'lines': 0.30; 'fri,': 0.30; '"in': 0.30; 'certainly': 0.32; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.33; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.33; 'mostly': 0.34; 'all.': 0.34; 'platform,': 0.34; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.34; 'post': 0.36; 'specially': 0.36; 'two': 0.37; 'received:org': 0.37; 'not,': 0.37; 'useful': 0.38; 'put': 0.38; 'should': 0.38; 'being': 0.39; 'subject:how': 0.39; 'subject:: ': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'dear': 0.64; 'opened': 0.64; 'customers': 0.71; 'succeed': 0.73; 'quoting.': 0.84; 'so:': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Terry Reedy Subject: Re: Zealotry [was Re: how to install lxml in window xp?] Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:39:03 -0500 References: <4F0E6930.6070701@googlemail.com> <5e6e9e04-82de-4e8f-ba1f-b110ca25c2f0@a8g2000pbi.googlegroups.com> <4f0fbad0$0$29984$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <4F108EF1.7030908@googlemail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-74-109-121-73.phlapa.fios.verizon.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 In-Reply-To: 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: 1326508782 news.xs4all.nl 6951 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:59886 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:18955 On 1/13/2012 3:42 PM, Noah Hall wrote: > On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Tamer Higazi wrote: >> dear people! >> I have just opened my MTU client, and figured out that through my >> comment, i caused a complete NONSENSE discussion at all. >> 1. I am not a zealot or whatever. I code on Linux and port it on MAC and >> WINDOWS. I do write solutions for customers across the whole 3 platform, >> and mostly I succeed because I have to figure out in advance which >> software (packages) are being supported and how far. >> Use Linux! >> Specially Gentoo Linux! > > Screams zealot to me. If not, certainly not a very useful reply. Noah, those last two lines you quoted are NOT in the post you are quoting. Perhaps Tamer said them previously. If so, you should say so: "In a previous post, you said...". Otherwise, it looks like you made those up and put words in his pen. -- Terry Jan Reedy