Heh. Apparently he was too busy sucking Alex Martelli's c0ck to write any more details.
I mean Martelli's the man and all, but don't drop shit like:
* "Perhaps the best book about Python ever written" * "my favorite author... Alex Martelli" * "Mr. Martelli's prose is always sparkling and always keeps the reader interested" * "It is obvious that Alex Martelli took his time and put in sufficient thought, effort, and intellectual elbow-grease to make this work a classic for all time." * "You will keep this book in the most cherished spot on your book shelf" * "It is difficult to choose any one portion of the book to highlight for extra praise, as all topics are treated so well." * "Everything about this book speaks of quality." * "Holding the book, and turning its pages, gives one a feeling of satisfaction." * "Time can not erase the quality craftsmanship and the shear joy of reading such a well thought out masterpiece of Pythonic literature."... under the premise of objectivity.
People want to know "What's good and bad about this book" and not "How many ways can I kiss ass".
I have yet to ever meet a person who has AIDS, I know many people who have or had cancer.
You mean you have yet to meet a person that you *know* has AIDS. Yeah, that might be hair-splitting, but this sort of attitude is a huge part of the AIDS problem. Unless you're a hermit, you *do* know people who have the disease.
My cousin is HIV+ and *he* didn't know he had it for years. How would you have known, had you met him? I wasn't wearing a t-shirt that said, "Hey everyone, I have a deadly virus in my bloodstreem!" Hell, if it was that obvious who had AIDS, he wouldn't have gotten it.
Your analogy is cancer is also bogus, because it's not an infectious disease like AIDS or SARS. You're not going to catch cancer (per se) from a sex partner, much less a passerby.
Yeah, but is Malaria transmitted from person-to-person, through the air?
IIRC, it's transmitted by mosquitos.
AFAIK, if you don't live in a hot, swampy, infested area, you won't get malaria from someone sitting next to you on the metro. ANd that is a risk with SARS.
Or does anyone else think Flash should die a quick and painful death? I have never seen Flash used in an application that wouldn't be more effective using javascript or simple HTML.
1) Even seen any good games done in HTML and JS? (Yes, there are a few, but they have no audio and bad animation, if any.) 2) HTML isn't always appropriate for non-browser environments (e.g. kiosks) 3) Have you actually tried developing DHTML apps cross-broswer, cross-platform and cross-version? Flash is miles closer to Write Once Run Anywhere, even if you use standards-compliant HTML.
So close, yet so far. Too bad./ doesn't let you know how many other posts are "in the queue" then you do it. And I only missed the shit by less than a minute.:(
"Joe Millionaire winner" and "Bubb Rubb" have generated most of my personal blog's hits.
I, myself, am a distant third.
Write about enough things and then check your referral logs for Google and Yahoo searches (which include the query in the URL), and you get an imperfect idea of what people are interested in this week.
Python is easier to read than the equivalent Perl code, even if the latter well-indented. Now before you close your mozilla tab, or mark this as "Flamebait", please hear me out.
Yeah, I agree that bad code is bad code, regardless of the lang.
But compare these two equivalent statements of good code:
pythonNumber = 1
my $perlNumber = 1;
Do the "$", the "my" and the ";" look necessary, or extraneous and confusing? They are the latter to me.
What about $_ and @_ ? Those don't seem very sensible. Nor does "<>", the backtick "`" or several other common Perl paradigms such as the fact that it makes a big difference whether you have single quotes or double quotes around a string.
Yes, I agree that some of Perl's "hard-to-read" reputation is deserved, but not all of it.
Why do reasonable people think Perl is hard to read? Because it has lots of unneeded, non-alphanumeric characters and there are lots of conventions that don't make sense (e.g. '<>' meaning a line of standard input).
or do the O'Reilly conferences about "free" software seem really freaking expensive?
Irony about free (as in beer) vs. free (as in speech) aside...
Last year's Open Source Convention was a fortune -- $895 for the "regular" (and early-bird).
PyCon is $150 (early-bird). That sounds more reasonable.
I see that they have sessions/tutorials, but is there really any chance of a good return-on-investment at that rate, unless you're there to schmooze and network? Are there really employers willing to pay this, or consultants who find it's worth the investment?
I'm more interested in first-hand accounts than speculation, but I'll take either.:)
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Then why'd you say so anonymously?
Heh. Apparently he was too busy sucking Alex Martelli's c0ck to write any more details.
... Alex Martelli" ... under the premise of objectivity.
I mean Martelli's the man and all, but don't drop shit like:
* "Perhaps the best book about Python ever written"
* "my favorite author
* "Mr. Martelli's prose is always sparkling and always keeps the reader interested"
* "It is obvious that Alex Martelli took his time and put in sufficient thought, effort, and intellectual elbow-grease to make this work a classic for all time."
* "You will keep this book in the most cherished spot on your book shelf"
* "It is difficult to choose any one portion of the book to highlight for extra praise, as all topics are treated so well."
* "Everything about this book speaks of quality."
* "Holding the book, and turning its pages, gives one a feeling of satisfaction."
* "Time can not erase the quality craftsmanship and the shear joy of reading such a well thought out masterpiece of Pythonic literature."
People want to know "What's good and bad about this book" and not "How many ways can I kiss ass".
I have yet to ever meet a person who has AIDS, I know many people who have or had cancer.
You mean you have yet to meet a person that you *know* has AIDS. Yeah, that might be hair-splitting, but this sort of attitude is a huge part of the AIDS problem. Unless you're a hermit, you *do* know people who have the disease.
My cousin is HIV+ and *he* didn't know he had it for years. How would you have known, had you met him? I wasn't wearing a t-shirt that said, "Hey everyone, I have a deadly virus in my bloodstreem!" Hell, if it was that obvious who had AIDS, he wouldn't have gotten it.
Your analogy is cancer is also bogus, because it's not an infectious disease like AIDS or SARS. You're not going to catch cancer (per se) from a sex partner, much less a passerby.
Yeah, but is Malaria transmitted from person-to-person, through the air?
IIRC, it's transmitted by mosquitos.
AFAIK, if you don't live in a hot, swampy, infested area, you won't get malaria from someone sitting next to you on the metro. ANd that is a risk with SARS.
You mean like this ? (After Man, by Dougal Dixon)
Care to elaborate what you mean by "what MS did to scripting/programming languages when they released .NET"?
FYI, in Mozilla, they have a different effect:
CTRL-1 launches a new browser
CTRL-2 launches a new mail app
CTRL-3 launches a new chatzilla
You've gotta use CTRL-PageDown and CTRL-PageUp
Or does anyone else think Flash should die a quick and painful death? I have never seen Flash used in an application that wouldn't be more effective using javascript or simple HTML.
1) Even seen any good games done in HTML and JS? (Yes, there are a few, but they have no audio and bad animation, if any.)
2) HTML isn't always appropriate for non-browser environments (e.g. kiosks)
3) Have you actually tried developing DHTML apps cross-broswer, cross-platform and cross-version? Flash is miles closer to Write Once Run Anywhere, even if you use standards-compliant HTML.
1) Code free software ... ... for the right project. :)
2)
3) Profit!
If you're using RedHat 8 (or something with similarly easy keybinding configuration), here is a temporary workaround I'm using:
Just bind CTRL-Q to "do nothing" in your window manager.
More details here.
Gee whiz. I don't know.
How will we ever solve this mystery?
So close, yet so far. Too bad ./ doesn't let you know how many other posts are "in the queue" then you do it. And I only missed the shit by less than a minute. :(
First insomniac post baby
Umm ... I use GNOME at home and work, and enjoy it very much, but it's a far cry from beautiful.
That is, unless you're comparing it to Motif and Win 3.1 or you're trying to butter them up for another interview.
Wow, every word in the title but "and". That's got to be a new record:
"J2ME" ".Net" "CFF" "Mobile Games"
"Joe Millionaire winner" and "Bubb Rubb" have generated most of my personal blog's hits.
I, myself, am a distant third.
Write about enough things and then check your referral logs for Google and Yahoo searches (which include the query in the URL), and you get an imperfect idea of what people are interested in this week.
I wonder how much of thw $140M was cash and how much was stock.
On one hand, everyone needs cash.
On the other hand, their stock is probably in the dumps.
Ugh. Do you think that would be better? Talk about a popularity contest.
Do they have a separate category for animation? Perhaps that's what he should have been in, after all the SFX.
P.S. FP.
Is it that bad that it doesn't even merit a mention? Why?
I've only dabbled with Java, so I'm curious why Sun's own offering is so disparaged.
I meet none of a, b and c. Here's my opinion:
Python is easier to read than the equivalent Perl code, even if the latter well-indented. Now before you close your mozilla tab, or mark this as "Flamebait", please hear me out.
Yeah, I agree that bad code is bad code, regardless of the lang.
But compare these two equivalent statements of good code:
pythonNumber = 1
my $perlNumber = 1;
Do the "$", the "my" and the ";" look necessary, or extraneous and confusing? They are the latter to me.
What about $_ and @_ ? Those don't seem very sensible. Nor does "<>", the backtick "`" or several other common Perl paradigms such as the fact that it makes a big difference whether you have single quotes or double quotes around a string.
Yes, I agree that some of Perl's "hard-to-read" reputation is deserved, but not all of it.
Why do reasonable people think Perl is hard to read? Because it has lots of unneeded, non-alphanumeric characters and there are lots of conventions that don't make sense (e.g. '<>' meaning a line of standard input).
If "annoying" whitespace is the worst complaint you can level against Python:
* I'll take that as a compliment
* Your Perl or Ruby code probably could use some tidying up before someone else tries to read it
Even worse, the story was submitted by the people who want you to register -- developerWorks.
... if you guys were mixing in advertising with real stories ... like portals do with "search results" ... you'd let us know, right? Right?
Hey timothy
or do the O'Reilly conferences about "free" software seem really freaking expensive?
...
:)
Irony about free (as in beer) vs. free (as in speech) aside
Last year's Open Source Convention was a fortune -- $895 for the "regular" (and early-bird).
PyCon is $150 (early-bird). That sounds more reasonable.
I see that they have sessions/tutorials, but is there really any chance of a good return-on-investment at that rate, unless you're there to schmooze and network? Are there really employers willing to pay this, or consultants who find it's worth the investment?
I'm more interested in first-hand accounts than speculation, but I'll take either.
Well there is a key difference between Java and Perl/PHP/Python.
Java is created, backed, owned and promoted by a profit-seeking company, Sun.
That could make all the difference in the world.