OT: Hierarchies [was Re: Possibly better loop construct, also labels+goto important and on the fly compiler idea.]

2013-11-01 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:22:03 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 3:03 PM, ru...@yahoo.com wrote: Regarding esr's smart-questions, although I acknowledge it has useful advice, I have always found it elitist and abrasive. I wish someone would rewrite it without the we are

Re: OT: Hierarchies [was Re: Possibly better loop construct, also labels+goto important and on the fly compiler idea.]

2013-11-01 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote: On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:22:03 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 3:03 PM, ru...@yahoo.com wrote: Regarding esr's smart-questions, although I acknowledge it has useful advice, I have

OT: Hierarchies (was Re: Possibly better loop construct, also labels+goto important and on the fly compiler idea.)

2013-10-30 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 1:53 PM, ru...@yahoo.com wrote: Your hierarchy is particularly unappealing to me. We all know that such hierarchies exist in the real world, but there is a question: should they be promoted as a natural and desirable state of society to be encouraged? There are