Re: [perl-python] 20050113 looking up syntax

2005-01-14 Thread Erik Max Francis
Peter Hansen wrote: So why duplicate the posts by posting them to the newsgroups? Because he's a well-known pest. -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && AIM erikmaxfrancis Yes I'm / Learning from falling / Hard lessons --

Re: [perl-python] 20050113 looking up syntax

2005-01-14 Thread Istvan Albert
Jürgen Exner wrote: Why don't you just stop posting this nonsense? He will, fairly soon. I'm suspecting that the original intent behind these posts was to stir up a perl vs python flamewar. That is unlikely to materialize since the poster does not seem to understand neither of these languages. I. -

Re: [perl-python] 20050113 looking up syntax

2005-01-14 Thread Jürgen Exner
Xah Lee wrote: > - > > for perl syntax lookup, use perldoc in the command line. For example: > perldoc perl Wrong. That command will give you a high-level overview of Perl but tell you nothing about the syntax. To lookup the Perl syntax you would have to use perldoc perls

Re: [perl-python] 20050113 looking up syntax

2005-01-14 Thread Peter Hansen
Xah Lee wrote: [snip] Note: this post is from the Perl-Python a-day mailing list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/perl-python/ to subscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] So why duplicate the posts by posting them to the newsgroups? Now that you've advertised the mailing list (and thank you, I

[perl-python] 20050113 looking up syntax

2005-01-14 Thread Xah Lee
while programing in Python, one can lookup syntax or info for keywords or modules within Python. In the command line, type python to get into the python interactive program. then type help() >From there one can type any keyword or module name to find out the syntax or info. Everything is self-co