Re: Perl Hacker, Python Initiate

2011-02-03 Thread waku
you've already got a hint on how to do it using library functions in python. below is a more literal suggestion. On Feb 1, 10:36 pm, Gary Chambers wrote: > All, > > Given the following Perl script: > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > %dig = ( >      solaris => "/usr/sbin/dig", >      linux   => "/usr/bin/di

Re: Python and Ruby

2010-02-10 Thread waku
On Feb 9, 10:41 pm, Jonathan Gardner wrote: > On Feb 9, 1:51 am, waku wrote: > > > 'stupid', 'wrong', 'deficient', 'terrible', ...  you're using strong > > words instead of concrete arguments, it might intimidate your > > oppo

Re: Python and Ruby

2010-02-09 Thread waku
On Feb 2, 10:49 pm, Jonathan Gardner wrote: > On Feb 2, 2:21 am,waku wrote: [...] > > there are languages where indentation can be either enforced and allow > > one to omit some syntactic nuissance like braces or begin-end clauses, > > or made optional, requiring othe

Re: Python and Ruby

2010-02-02 Thread waku
Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:58:34 +, tanix wrote: [...] > > The very idea of using a number of blanks to identify your block level > > is as insane as it gets. > > Not at all. People do it all the time. The very idea of expecting people > to count nested braces to identify