On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:18:43 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 11/12/2013 11:08, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 09:29:56 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > >>> I detest python, also, but there's no way w/out it. > > > >> I like python - the language was designed by a mathematician and it > >> shows. Contrast with perl which was designed by a linguist, and that > >> shows too. > >> > >> As you say you can't run Gentoo with portage without Python, that's > >> one of the things you know for sure up front. > > > > What does it matter whether you like the language or not when you are > > only using software written in it? It only matters is you develop that > > software. I cannot get on with Perl, but I am not at all bothered > > about using software written in it. > > It doesn't matter whether I like it or not. I just happened to mention > that I do.
My reply was directed more at Bruce's comment, I left yours in to add context (and, it turned out, confusion). > I also like living in a place with 360 days sunshine a year, How tedious, what do you talk about? ;-) > I like the taste of grilled beef and have a special soft spot for > Englishmen skilled in the art of snarky comments (you can thank Monty > Python for that one). I'm not getting involved in that one, arguments are down the corridor. > > If you really have some philosophical or allergenic objection to even > > having Python installed, you could always use a different package > > manager. > > Well that's what I said, init? "run Gentoo with portage" Don't mention init, that one has its own department. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 34: Silent scream
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