Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!xlned.com!feeder5.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.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; 'subject:not': 0.03; 'read.': 0.03; 'subject:Error': 0.07; 'collier': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'style.': 0.09; 'thread': 0.14; 'easier.': 0.16; 'kern': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'underlying': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'programming': 0.22; 'coding': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'interpret': 0.24; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'tried': 0.27; 'topic': 0.29; 'robert': 0.30; 'easier': 0.31; 'url:wiki': 0.31; 'url:wikipedia': 0.31; 'style': 0.33; 'subject:the': 0.34; 'johnson': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'does': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'called': 0.40; 'our': 0.64; 'world': 0.66; 'believe': 0.68; 'eco': 0.84; 'terrible': 0.84; 'received:86': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Robert Kern Subject: Re: Am I not seeing the Error? Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:11:40 +0100 References: <5206F4AB.8050204@Gmail.com> <5208D625.2000103@Gmail.com> <5209f360$0$29885$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <520A0AE6.2010403@Gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cpc2-cmbg17-2-0-cust347.5-4.cable.virginmedia.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130801 Thunderbird/17.0.8 In-Reply-To: <520A0AE6.2010403@Gmail.com> 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: 23 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1376395918 news.xs4all.nl 15865 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:42415 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:52455 On 2013-08-13 11:31, Devyn Collier Johnson wrote: > I now see why this programming style is called trolling. This programming style is not called "trolling". It does not have a name. It's just your particular style. I think you misinterpreted someone who accused you of deliberately coding in this style to troll. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet) > For me, this style is easier to read. I have tried the "typical" style, but I > find this one to be easier. Consider the topic of this thread as evidence against that proposition. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco