Non sequitur: Changing subject line... WAS: Behavior of the for-else construct

On Mon, 7 Mar 2022 18:07:42 +, "Schachner, Joseph" declaimed the following: >Can someone please change the topic of this thread? No longer about for-else. > Pretty much anyone can change the subject of the message when replying. But if one is using a threaded client, that t

Non sequitur: on writing a while loop for rolling two dice

RESEND with clarification! On Mon, 6 Sep 2021 20:11:41 -0400, Avi Gross via Python-list declaimed the following: >changing. Ages ago we had code that processed MTA headers and every time we >had a meeting of standards bodies, we kept adding ever more headers and Why did my mind immedi

Non sequitur: on writing a while loop for rolling two dice

On Mon, 6 Sep 2021 20:11:41 -0400, Avi Gross via Python-list declaimed the following: >changing. Ages ago we had code that processed MTA headers and every time we >had a meeting of standards bodies, we kept adding ever more headers and Why did my mind immediately flash on "The Man Who Ne

Re: non sequitur: [OT] SPF - was Re: Simple Python script as SMTP server for outgoing e-mails?

On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 19:59:01 -0400, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > {Liaden culture seems heavy on personal honor, and comments tend (to me) > be worded to avoid any chance of being interpreted as disparaging of the > person with whom one is speaking... Hmmm, pity such modes can't be > enforced on the

Re: Non Sequitur: Re: Python Forum

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 1:19 AM, Gregory Ewing wrote: > rantingrick wrote: >> >> I ate >> three fishes just sounds wrong to me. What's the plural of sheep >> Stephen :-D > > It's sheepses, isn't it? Am I missing something? Shyp. Pronounced the same way, just spelled differently. Geremy Condra --

Re: Non Sequitur: Re: Python Forum

rantingrick wrote: I ate three fishes just sounds wrong to me. What's the plural of sheep Stephen :-D It's sheepses, isn't it? Am I missing something? -- Greg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Non Sequitur: Re: Python Forum

Mark Young wrote: According to the Oxford Dictionary: *fish** noun **, **verb *noun *(**pl.**fish** or **fishes**)*Fish is the usual plural form. The older form, fishes, can be used to refer to different kinds of

Re: Non Sequitur: Re: Python Forum

On Jun 8, 9:00 pm, Jack Diederich wrote: > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Mark Young wrote: > > According to the Oxford Dictionary: > > > fish noun, verb noun (pl.fish or fishes)Fish is the usual plural form. The > > older form, fishes, can be used to refer to different kinds of fish... > > > Ho

Re: Non Sequitur: Re: Python Forum

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Mark Young wrote: > According to the Oxford Dictionary: > > fish noun, verb noun (pl.fish or fishes)Fish is the usual plural form. The > older form, fishes, can be used to refer to different kinds of fish... > > However, I would correct anyone that ever used "fishes

Re: Non Sequitur: Re: Python Forum

According to the Oxford Dictionary: *fish** noun **, **verb *noun *(**pl.**fish** or **fishes**) *Fish is the usual plural form. The older form, fishes, can be used to refer to different kinds of fish... However, I wo

Re: Non Sequitur: Re: Python Forum

rantingrick wrote: > On Jun 7, 12:41 am, Steven D'Aprano t...@cybersource.com.au> wrote: > >> "Fish" can be either singular (as in "I fed the fish") or a collective >> noun ("there are many fish that live in salt water"). Plural is "fishes", >> as in "I ate three fishes", although in common use p

Re: Non Sequitur: Re: Python Forum

On Jun 7, 12:41 am, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > "Fish" can be either singular (as in "I fed the fish") or a collective > noun ("there are many fish that live in salt water"). Plural is "fishes", > as in "I ate three fishes", although in common use people tend to use > fish/fishes as both plural and

Re: Non Sequitur: Re: Python Forum

On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:45:44 -0700, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:29:59 +1000, Ben Finney > declaimed the following in > gmane.comp.python.general: > >> claim to the word. The existing forums are still forums. >> > I favor "fora" I see your smiley, but the Oxford dict

Re: non-sequitur: Re: Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Feb 18)

Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:38:59 +0100, Peter Otten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > >> My google is better than yours then: >> > Why am I visualizing a face off in a super cheap martial arts movie? > > Python-style kung fu?

Re: Non Sequitur

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> """ >> I before E >> Except after C >> Or when sounded as A >> As in Neighbor and Weigh >> """ > >Yes, like the "A" sound in "weird" or "ce

Re: Non Sequitur

Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > """ > > I before E > > Except after C > > Or when sounded as A > > As in Neighbor and Weigh > > """ > > Yes, like the "A" sound in "weird" or "ceiling". "ceiling" falls un

Re: Non Sequitur

Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > """ > I before E > Except after C > Or when sounded as A > As in Neighbor and Weigh > """ Yes, like the "A" sound in "weird" or "ceiling". -- \"Most people don't realize that large pieces of coral,