Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.lang.python > #18898

Re: Zealotry

References (2 earlier) <CAD+XWwo8CN_ODO-8EC1X_j-m87Q7JejtFjp8wYz4AB_fwMUWng@mail.gmail.com> <mailman.4679.1326367460.27778.python-list@python.org> <5e6e9e04-82de-4e8f-ba1f-b110ca25c2f0@a8g2000pbi.googlegroups.com> <4f0fbad0$0$29984$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <87r4z45ed8.fsf@benfinney.id.au>
Date 2012-01-13 17:17 +1100
Subject Re: Zealotry
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.4698.1326435438.27778.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

Show all headers | View raw

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> Giving a recommendation for a different OS is not zealotry.

The line to zealotry is (probably) crossed when _every_ problem is met
with "Install XYZ then".

But that can still be correct. If you're currently using flat files
and NetBEUI to manage your customer names and addresses across the
internet, then every problem you have will be answered with "Migrate
to a real database". Zealotry? Probably. Correct? Yes.

ChrisA

Back to comp.lang.python | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

Re: how to install lxml in window xp? Tamer Higazi <th982a@googlemail.com> - 2012-01-12 12:24 +0100
  Re: how to install lxml in window xp? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-01-12 18:50 -0800
    Zealotry [was Re: how to install lxml in window xp?] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-01-13 05:02 +0000
      Re: Zealotry [was Re: how to install lxml in window xp?] alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-01-12 21:41 -0800
        Re: Zealotry [was Re: how to install lxml in window xp?] Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-01-13 08:51 +0100
        Re: Zealotry [was Re: how to install lxml in window xp?] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-01-13 18:57 +1100
        Re: Zealotry [was Re: how to install lxml in window xp?] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-01-13 11:22 +0000
      Re: Zealotry [was Re: how to install lxml in window xp?] alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-01-12 21:47 -0800
        Re: Zealotry [was Re: how to install lxml in window xp?] Noah Hall <noah.hall@fuduntu.org> - 2012-01-13 07:29 +0000
        Re: Zealotry [was Re: how to install lxml in window xp?] (OT) Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-01-13 08:54 +0100
        Re: Zealotry [was Re: how to install lxml in window xp?] (OT) Noah Hall <enalicho@gmail.com> - 2012-01-13 08:20 +0000
      Re: Zealotry Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-01-13 17:02 +1100
        Re: Zealotry Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-01-13 17:17 +1100
        Re: Zealotry Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2012-01-13 11:34 +0100
        Re: Zealotry Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-01-13 21:51 +1100
        Re: Zealotry Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2012-01-13 13:11 +0100
          Re: Zealotry Tony the Tiger <tony@tiger.invalid> - 2012-01-13 18:49 -0600
      Re: Zealotry [was Re: how to install lxml in window xp?] John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2012-01-13 15:32 +0000
        Re: Zealotry [was Re: how to install lxml in window xp?] Tamer Higazi <th982a@googlemail.com> - 2012-01-13 21:07 +0100
        Re: Zealotry [was Re: how to install lxml in window xp?] Noah Hall <noah.hall@fuduntu.org> - 2012-01-13 20:42 +0000
        Re: Zealotry [was Re: how to install lxml in window xp?] Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-01-13 21:39 -0500
        Re: Zealotry [was Re: how to install lxml in window xp?] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-01-14 04:19 +0000
        Re: Zealotry [was Re: how to install lxml in window xp?] Noah Hall <noah.hall@fuduntu.org> - 2012-01-14 13:44 +0000

csiph-web