On 2005-11-30, Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 30 Nov 2005 10:57:04 GMT in comp.lang.python, Antoon Pardon ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On 2005-11-29, Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Antoon Pardon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>>> You see, you can make languages more powerful by *removing* things >>>>> from it. >>>> You cast this in way to general terms. The logic conclusion >>>> from this statements is that the most powerfull language >>>> is the empty language. >>> >>> The only way you reach that conclusion is if you read the statement as >>> saying that removing things *always* makes a langauge more >>> powerful. That's not what I said, >> >>I would say it is the common interpretation for such a sentence. > > I hope no one ever tells you that you'd be healthier if you ate less > and exercised more. (Perhaps it's not true in your case, but it > certainly is in mine.)
But that is IMO not a good analogy. A better analogy would be: You can make persons healthier by making them eat less and execise more. -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
