Re: Am I not seeing the Error?

Date	2013-08-13 06:31 -0400
From	Devyn Collier Johnson <devyncjohnson@gmail.com>
Subject	Re: Am I not seeing the Error?
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On 08/13/2013 04:50 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 09:19:07 +0100, Joshua Landau wrote:
>
>> On 12 August 2013 16:47, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
>>> I can't quite sort out the multiple quoting levels, but somebody said:
>>>
>>>>>> Programming like that is called trolling. A programmer that uses
>>>>>> trolling is called a troll. A troll can also refer to such a line of
>>>>>> code itself. My scripts contain a lot of trolls. It is easier for me
>>>>>> to read trolls than "typical" coding styles.
>>> Please tell me this is all just an elaborate joke.
>> That was the OP (Devyn Collier Johnson, <devyncjohnson@gmail.com>) and
>> I, too, am hoping this is an elaborate joke. However, see
>> "http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~devyncjohnson-d/neobot/trunk/view/head:/
> lib/beta_engine".
>> I am struggling to see what the punchline is...
>
> If Artificial Intelligence code is hard to write, it damn well should be
> hard to read too. Otherwise, how will people know how brilliant you are?
>
> But seriously... I don't know what language Devyn is writing in Python,
> but I've seen code like that before. Mostly code written back in the
> early to mid 1980s. I may have even written some of it myself :-)
>
> Anyway, I don't think we should badger Devyn, we're not his dad and we're
> not the code police. All we can do is continue to demonstrate good,
> idiomatic, *working* Python code, and hopefully he will learn to write
> the same.
>
>
I now see why this programming style is called trolling. It brings the 
worst out of people (^u^). Can I have the number for the coding police, 
I want to turn myself in (^u^).

For me, this style is easier to read. I have tried the "typical" style, 
but I find this one to be easier.

Good thing no one knows my address. A mob might show up at my door (^u^).

Once I have the next version of my chatbot released, I will tell you all 
so you can see it work.

Mahalo,

DevynCJohnson@Gmail.com

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Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-11 03:33 +0100
  Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-10 22:43 -0400
    Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-11 03:47 +0100
    Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Devyn Collier Johnson <devyncjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-08-12 08:33 -0400
    Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2013-08-12 08:20 -0500
    Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-08-12 10:01 -0400
    Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Devyn Collier Johnson <devyncjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-08-12 10:04 -0400
      Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-12 11:47 -0400
        Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-08-12 12:56 -0400
        Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-12 18:19 +0100
        Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Devyn Collier Johnson <devyncjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-08-12 16:16 -0400
        Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-08-12 16:34 -0400
        Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-08-12 16:35 -0400
        Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-08-13 09:19 +0100
          Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-13 08:50 +0000
            Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Devyn Collier Johnson <devyncjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-08-13 06:31 -0400
            Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2013-08-13 13:11 +0100
            Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-08-13 12:12 -0400
            Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-08-13 19:55 -0600
          Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-08-13 13:55 +0000
    Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2013-08-12 10:37 -0500
    Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2013-08-12 10:47 -0500
  Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-11 08:28 +0000
    Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-08-11 11:18 +0100
    Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-11 09:27 -0400

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