Re: stackoverflow and c.l.py

Date	2011-09-14 21:34 +0200
From	Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de>
Subject	Re: stackoverflow and c.l.py
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On 14/09/11 21:00, Duncan Booth wrote:
> Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> 
>> In article <Xns9F605E618E6B1duncanbooth@127.0.0.1>,
>>  Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> If you want an answer to how to get a specific bit of code to work then 
>>> Stackoverflow is better if only because people can see who has already 
>>> answered so don't need to waste time re-answering every trivial little 
>>> question about syntax.
>>
>> Any halfway decent newsreader application will follow threading and put 
>> all the responses to a given question in one place.  Of course, this is 
>> a relatively new feature.  If your newsreader is any older than about 
>> the mid 1980's, it may not be able to do this.
>>
> Sorry, I evidently didn't make myself clear. On Usenet it could be hours 
> before your local server updates with other posts on the thread, on 
> Stackoverflow the answers will update live as they are posted.

The mailing list python-list, however, doesn't have this problem.
(unless when people post from slow USENET servers of course...)

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stackoverflow and c.l.py (was: GIL switch interval) Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2011-09-14 06:12 +0200
  Re: stackoverflow and c.l.py (was: GIL switch interval) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-09-14 15:35 +1000
    Re: stackoverflow and c.l.py Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-09-13 23:47 -0700
  Re: stackoverflow and c.l.py (was: GIL switch interval) Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2011-09-14 08:24 +0000
    Re: stackoverflow and c.l.py (was: GIL switch interval) Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-09-14 09:42 -0400
      Re: stackoverflow and c.l.py (was: GIL switch interval) Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2011-09-14 19:00 +0000
        Re: stackoverflow and c.l.py Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2011-09-14 21:34 +0200

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