On Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 07:46:25PM -0500, Python wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 07:19:01PM -0500, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> Python is *actually* easy to work with... most of the time. "If you
> want more things for you buck there's no luck..." =8^)
[And yes, I'm aware the line is "beats" not
On Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 07:19:01PM -0500, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> >
> > When Excel reads a file, it looks for stuff and decides to upgrade its
> > type. Eg dates etc (particularly pernicious with US-style dates versus
> > the rest of the planet). Mojibake for data ensues.
> >
> > As always, I am
>
> When Excel reads a file, it looks for stuff and decides to upgrade its
> type. Eg dates etc (particularly pernicious with US-style dates versus
> the rest of the planet). Mojibake for data ensues.
>
> As always, I am reminded of Heuer's Razor:
>
> If it can't be turned off, it's not a
On 07Aug2020 09:40, DL Neil wrote:
>On 07/08/2020 05:33, Skip Montanaro wrote:
>>Hmmm... Rename genes, fix Excel, or dump Excel in favor of Python? I know
>>what my choice would have been. :-)
>>
>>https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-rename-microsoft-excel-misreading-dates
>
>
On 07/08/2020 05:33, Skip Montanaro wrote:
Hmmm... Rename genes, fix Excel, or dump Excel in favor of Python? I know
what my choice would have been. :-)
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-rename-microsoft-excel-misreading-dates
At the risk of screaming off-topic...
The
Hmmm... Rename genes, fix Excel, or dump Excel in favor of Python? I know
what my choice would have been. :-)
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-rename-microsoft-excel-misreading-dates
Skip
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On Friday, May 1, 2015 at 4:50:45 AM UTC+5:30, Ben Finney wrote:
Chris Angelico writes:
Very easily and simply: Python 3 and Python 2 will always install
separately, and the only possible conflicts are over the python
command in PATH and which program is associated with .py files.
Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com writes:
Very easily and simply: Python 3 and Python 2 will always install
separately, and the only possible conflicts are over the python
command in PATH and which program is associated with .py files.
Using the ‘python’ command is now ambiguous, and with
