<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > So exactly how high is python in Google's priority list ? Or in other > words, if python is in a stand still as it is now, what would be the > impact to Google ? As an outsider, I can only base on public info, like
And so can I, as an insider, when I communicate with people who are not employed by Google nor have signed non-disclosure agreements. > a press release mentioning Guido has been hired. If only press releases count, then I believe Google has made few hires in 2005 -- Elliot Schrage, Johnny Chou, and Vint Cerf, would be about it, I believe (e.g., I can't even see any press release specifically about our hiring Kai Fu Lee at http://googlepress.blogspot.com, though he's mentioned in the press release about Chou). > > An example of rhetorical question: > > "Do you really think that a specific technology [including a software > > one, such as a programming language] cannot have, in certain cases, > > *extremely high* strategic priority for organizations with thousands of > > employees?" ... > Surprisingly, I don't see this as an rhetorical question at all. It is Then you don't know what "rhetorical question" means; you'll find many explanations on the web, but one of my favorite is "a question that conveys a point rather than expects an answer", which is exactly what this example IS. ((I don't personally find it all that surprising that you don't know what a given English expression means)). > quite netural to me as a "I don't agree with you" without indication of > silliness, just a style of writing. As I said, and I quote: > > Rhetorical questions are a perfectly legitimate style of writing although they can be overused, or weakened if they're fuzzy or badly expressed. More specifically, a rhetorical question may often be used "for effect" and emphasis, as several of the definitions you'll find on the web mention. Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list