Re: Py: a very dangerous language
Benjamin Niemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Luis M. Gonzalez wrote: > >> This is great! >> It's absolutely useless, like a real therapist, but it's free! > > Never heard of Eliza? Even Emacs has it built in (Menu Help -> Emacs > Psychiatrist). M-x psy return Cheers, mwh -- Gullible editorial staff continues to post links to any and all articles that vaguely criticize Linux in any way. -- Reason #4 for quitting slashdot today, from http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/klee/misc/slashdot.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Py: a very dangerous language
Luis M. Gonzalez wrote: > This is great! > It's absolutely useless, like a real therapist, but it's free! Never heard of Eliza? Even Emacs has it built in (Menu Help -> Emacs Psychiatrist). -- Benjamin Niemann Email: pink at odahoda dot de WWW: http://www.odahoda.de/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Py: a very dangerous language
This is great! It's absolutely useless, like a real therapist, but it's free! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Py: a very dangerous language
Tom Anderson wrote: > On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, Peter Otten wrote: > >> Harald Massa wrote: >> >>> Always go to bed exactly when you want to write the first lambda. >> >> Eureka. The Twentieth Pythonic Thesis has finally surfaced. > > So what does it mean that i do much of my programming in bed? You may want to discuss the implications with your therapist. Ain't got one? Look here: http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/eliza :-) Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Py: a very dangerous language
Luis M. Gonzalez wrote: > Well, I have no problems going to bed. > The problem is that while sleeping, I keep on coding in my head... > Sometimes I reach the "A ha!" state, then I wake up, turn on the my pc > and type the solution. > I'm a little bit worried though... I don't even have erotic dreams > anymore! Ask your friendly neighborhood Freudian what dreams about pythons represent. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Py: a very dangerous language
Well, I have no problems going to bed. The problem is that while sleeping, I keep on coding in my head... Sometimes I reach the "A ha!" state, then I wake up, turn on the my pc and type the solution. I'm a little bit worried though... I don't even have erotic dreams anymore! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Py: a very dangerous language
yoda wrote: > It was 2a.m I was writing my first enterprise scale application in > Python the logic just flowed from my mind onto the keyboard and was > congealed into the most beautiful terse lines of code I had ever > seen... > > It was 3a.m I knew I had to sleep work the next day or rather, > in a few hours but Python somehow brought out all the logic. All > the verbosity of my thought was purified into clean beautiful logic... > > The Python was wringing the cruft out of my thought and letting me > generate wonderfully clean code I have to sleep... this is the last > line of code i'm writing... > > It was 4a.m just one more def... then I'll sleep.. > > It was 5 a.m just one more class...I'll sleep now.. I've got to go > to work in a few hours > > It was 6 a.m just one more lambda...I'll really sleep > now...seriously... I've got to go to work in a few hours > > Python is a very dangerous language... It is addictive.. Once you start > coding, you simply can't stop No language has every made(allowed?) > me to think so clearly before This is madness.. I hardly every > sleep... I simply can't stop coding when I use Python > > This is scary... maybe I should switch back to Java: a language so > unwieldy that I'm driven away from the keyboard in disgusted > frustration > > I need to sleep.. but Python won't let me... Python is a dangerous > language Well, Python does not cause sleeping problems for me. In fact it lets me sleep pretty well, because it enables me to write HQ software - in contrast to other languages that just cause ugly nightmare after reaching a certain degree of complexity. But Python is the only software in general that - after years of using it - still makes me want to shout 'Python ist einfach nur geil!' (german, loosly translated: 'Python simply kicks ass!') almost every time I dive into something new. The only thing that comes close to it is TDD (test driven development) - and that's not a software product. Since I'm applying it, it greatly improved the confidence in my code and generally increased the fun in programming. And TDD also has its downsides: because you are dividing your work into much smaller steps, each step finalized with a 'all tests passed - your code works *exactly* as specified' (if you treat the testsuite as the formal specification, which I do), then you are tempted to celebrate all these small successes with a small reward. Baaad thing, if you smoke like I do... -- Benjamin Niemann Email: pink at odahoda dot de WWW: http://www.odahoda.de/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Py: a very dangerous language
On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, Peter Otten wrote: > Harald Massa wrote: > >> Always go to bed exactly when you want to write the first lambda. > > Eureka. The Twentieth Pythonic Thesis has finally surfaced. So what does it mean that i do much of my programming in bed? tom -- non, scarecrow, forensics, rituals, bacteria, scientific instruments, .. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Py: a very dangerous language
[Harald] > Always go to bed exactly when you want to write the first lambda. [Peter] > Eureka. The Twentieth Pythonic Thesis has finally surfaced. +1 QOTW. -- Richie Hindle [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Py: a very dangerous language
Harald Massa wrote: > Always go to bed exactly when you want to write the first lambda. Eureka. The Twentieth Pythonic Thesis has finally surfaced. Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
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"yoda" > It was 6 a.m just one more lambda...I'll really sleep > now...seriously... I've got to go to work in a few hours I also love Python deeply, and really enjoyed the intense description of your experience. One experience I won and wanna share with you: allways go to bed exactly when you want to write the first lambda. That has 2 benefits: you get sleep, and your programs less lambda. Harald -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Py: a very dangerous language
It was 2a.m I was writing my first enterprise scale application in Python the logic just flowed from my mind onto the keyboard and was congealed into the most beautiful terse lines of code I had ever seen... It was 3a.m I knew I had to sleep work the next day or rather, in a few hours but Python somehow brought out all the logic. All the verbosity of my thought was purified into clean beautiful logic... The Python was wringing the cruft out of my thought and letting me generate wonderfully clean code I have to sleep... this is the last line of code i'm writing... It was 4a.m just one more def... then I'll sleep.. It was 5 a.m just one more class...I'll sleep now.. I've got to go to work in a few hours It was 6 a.m just one more lambda...I'll really sleep now...seriously... I've got to go to work in a few hours Python is a very dangerous language... It is addictive.. Once you start coding, you simply can't stop No language has every made(allowed?) me to think so clearly before This is madness.. I hardly every sleep... I simply can't stop coding when I use Python This is scary... maybe I should switch back to Java: a language so unwieldy that I'm driven away from the keyboard in disgusted frustration I need to sleep.. but Python won't let me... Python is a dangerous language -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
