On Oct 14, 9:22 pm, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek- central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: > In message > <12fcd67a-774d-42f0-851a-9c3497df9...@s24g2000pri.googlegroups.com>, Steve > > Howell wrote: > > On Oct 14, 4:09 pm, Gregory Ewing <greg.ew...@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote: > >> Steve Howell wrote: > > >> Maybe "analogy" or "similarity" would be a better word here. > > > Agreed. "Analogy" seems particularly appropriate. > > Except that, while analogies can be handy for illustrating things, they are > useless for actually supporting arguments.
And only a fool would try to support his argument by actually illustrating a point, right? ;) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
