Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!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 0.016 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:language': 0.09; 'wrong,': 0.09; 'language.': 0.14; 'nowadays': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'roy': 0.16; 'subject: \n ': 0.16; 'subject:?)': 0.16; 'subject:unicode': 0.16; 'through.': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'bit': 0.19; 'programming': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; '---': 0.24; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'door': 0.30; 'though.': 0.31; 'front': 0.32; 'open': 0.33; 'role': 0.34; 'there': 0.35; 'star': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'anything': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'free': 0.61; 'gone': 0.61; 'viruses': 0.61; "you're": 0.61; 'protection': 0.63; 'our': 0.64; 'account': 0.65; 'antivirus': 0.68; 'smith': 0.68; 'subject:this': 0.83; 'intending': 0.84; 'played': 0.84; 'received:2': 0.84; '"how': 0.91; 'captain': 0.91; 'kirk': 0.91; 'walking': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: Time we switched to unicode? (was Explanation of this Python language feature?) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:22:54 +0000 References: <9daf0806-02de-4447-964c-c8f8953c23e5@googlegroups.com> <532d5bd9$0$29994$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <0b78649a-16b3-4410-8258-e859578d62be@googlegroups.com> <281c8ce1-4f03-4e93-b5cd-d45b85e89e7e@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-2-98-198-214.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 140325-0, 25/03/2014), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean 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: 34 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1395782609 news.xs4all.nl 2937 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:58064 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:69075 On 25/03/2014 20:21, Gregory Ewing wrote: > Roy Smith wrote: >> Doors that open automatically as you approach them are now routine. > > Star Trek doors seem to be a bit smarter, though. > Captain Kirk never had to stop in front of a door > and wait for it to sluggishly slide open. Also the > doors never open when you're just walking past and > not intending to go through. > Had anything gone wrong, there was always Scottie. "What's the trouble, Scottie?". "Main drive's gone, Captain.". "How long will it take to fix.". "Three days.". "You've got 20 minutes". "Ay ay, Captain.". Nowadays the role of the Captain is taken by the salesman, sorry the Account Manager, and Scottie is played by the programming team leader. -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com