Re: Is Programing Art or Science?

2012-04-04 Thread Chiron
On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:33:24 -0400, Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote: If the term art is good enough for Knuth it's good enough for me. I think that may be the most intelligent comment so far... -- Some rise by sin and some by virtue fall. --

Re: Is Programing Art or Science?

2012-04-02 Thread Chiron
On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:27:16 -0700, Xah Lee wrote: 〈Is Programing Art or Science〉 Why is this question important? -- You are confused; but this is your normal state. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: are int, float, long, double, side-effects of computer engineering?

2012-03-06 Thread Chiron
On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:11:09 -0800, Xah Lee wrote: Yes. Why do you ask? Is this not obvious? Was this a rhetorical question? -- A girl with a future avoids the man with a past. -- Evan Esar, The Humor of Humor -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: are int, float, long, double, side-effects of computer engineering?

2012-03-06 Thread Chiron
On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:34:46 -0800, Xah Lee wrote: while what you said is true, but the problem is that 99.99% of programers do NOT know this. They do not know Mathematica. They've never seen a Could you please offer some evidence to support this claim? Most of the programmers I've ever run

Re: New Science Discovery: Perl Idiots Remain Idiots After A Decade!New Science Discovery: Perl Idiots Remain Idiots Af

2012-03-02 Thread Chiron
On Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:13:11 -0500, Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote: In DuD3r.21706$cl.12...@newsfe17.iad, on 03/01/2012 at 05:07 AM, Chiron chiron...@gmail.com said: Hmm... maybe, instead of just ridiculing him, I'm treating him as he treats others. OK. BTW, I happen to agree

Re: New Science Discovery: Perl Detractors Remain Idiots After A Decade!

2012-03-02 Thread Chiron
On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:53:30 -0500, Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote: In OD44r.17949$vo2.12...@newsfe07.iad, on 03/02/2012 at 02:17 PM, Chiron chiron...@gmail.com said: What always gets me is how so many people criticized Sokal for doing it, Google for Omerta. It's common for whistle

Re: New Science Discovery: Perl Idiots Remain Idiots After A Decade!New Science Discovery: Perl Idiots Remain Idiots After A Decade!

2012-03-01 Thread Chiron
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:09:16 -0800, Xah Lee wrote: Xah, you won't grow even an inch taller by cutting others down. -- I joined scientology at a garage sale!! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: New Science Discovery: Perl Idiots Remain Idiots After A Decade!New Science Discovery: Perl Idiots Remain Idiots After A Decade!

2012-02-29 Thread Chiron
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:09:16 -0800, Xah Lee wrote: Personally, I think this whole issue of precedence in a programming language is over-rated. It seems to me that grouping of any non-trivial set of calculations should be done so as to remove any possible confusion as to intent. It is one

Re: New Science Discovery: Perl Detracters Remain Idiots After A Decade!

2012-02-29 Thread Chiron
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:06:42 -0500, Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote: In ubo3r.20367$kv1.9...@newsfe03.iad, on 02/29/2012 at 11:43 AM, Chiron chiron...@gmail.com said: Sure, mathematically it *should* go a particular way, No. Mathematically it should go the way that it is defined to go

Re: New Science Discovery: Perl Idiots Remain Idiots After A Decade!New Science Discovery: Perl Idiots Remain Idiots Af

2012-02-29 Thread Chiron
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:10:48 -0500, Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote: ROTF,LMAO! You obviously don't have a clue as to what Mathematics means. Free hint: it doesn't mean Arithmetic. You're as bigoted as Xah Lee, Hmm... maybe, instead of just ridiculing him, you could explain where he is