Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-13 Thread Terry Reedy
Carl Banks wrote: I'm surprised there is anyone who still gives castironpi credit for being fully human. His recent posts have generally been quite different from those of some months ago. Even he recognizes that they were somewhat weird and has tried to do better. Did he ever make any

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-13 Thread Paul Boddie
On 13 Sep, 08:38, Terry Reedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: His recent posts have generally been quite different from those of some months ago. Even he recognizes that they were somewhat weird and has tried to do better. And I think we should at least go along with people if they're willing to

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-12 Thread Steve Holden
castironpi wrote: On Sep 7, 5:03 pm, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:34:55 +1000, James Mills wrote: This is the strangest post I've seen since I've joined this list (only recently). What the ? Yeah, castironpi sometimes doesn't make much sense.

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-12 Thread Steve Holden
castironpi wrote: [...] For example, I sometimes hear people talk about salary as though it were social approval, and vice versa. Even though the analogy doesn't hold in every case generally, it is still a good way to express yourself in many contexts, and especially when the more precise

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-12 Thread Aaron Castironpi Brady
On Sep 12, 7:23 am, Steve Holden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: castironpi wrote: If you are flattered to be compared to an AI you must come from the same race as Mr. Spock in Star Trek. No, I said 'for my logic to compared'. Speaking of which, I think you excluded the possibility of diligent and

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-12 Thread Steve Holden
Aaron Castironpi Brady wrote: On Sep 12, 7:23 am, Steve Holden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: castironpi wrote: If you are flattered to be compared to an AI you must come from the same race as Mr. Spock in Star Trek. No, I said 'for my logic to compared'. Speaking of which, I think you

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-12 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Steve Holden wrote: The defence rests. can you please stop quoting that guy, so we don't have to killfile you as well... /F -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-12 Thread Aahz
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Fredrik Lundh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve Holden wrote: The defence rests. can you please stop quoting that guy, so we don't have to killfile you as well... +1 -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) * http://www.pythoncraft.com/ Argue for your

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-12 Thread Carl Banks
On Sep 12, 12:35 pm, Fredrik Lundh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve Holden wrote: The defence rests. can you please stop quoting that guy, so we don't have to killfile you as well... Guy? Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-12 Thread Carl Banks
On Sep 12, 8:16 am, Steve Holden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: castironpi wrote: On Sep 7, 5:03 pm, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:34:55 +1000, James Mills wrote: This is the strangest post I've seen since I've joined this list (only recently). What

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-08 Thread Chris Rebert
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Eric Wertman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps the wrong idea of what the group is. I would have thought that if one had a sufficiently developed idea and wanted to have it / formally/ rejected, rather than merely sniped at, then writting a PEP would be more

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-08 Thread castironpi
On Sep 8, 11:23 am, Dan Upton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 10:59 PM, castironpi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 7, 7:34 pm, MRAB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 7, 11:28 pm, Eric Wertman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: +1 Bot I think it's like duck typing: it doesn't matter

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-08 Thread castironpi
On Sep 8, 2:04 pm, Chris Rebert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Eric Wertman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps the wrong idea of what the group is.  I would have thought that if one had a sufficiently developed idea and wanted to have it / formally/ rejected,

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-08 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2008-09-08, Chris Rebert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Eric Wertman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To expand on this a little bit, I've been subscribed to this group for a couple of months, but there seems to be a bit more gray area between what would go to a

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-08 Thread Terry Reedy
Chris Rebert wrote: On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Eric Wertman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To expand on this a little bit, I've been subscribed to this group for a couple of months, but there seems to be a bit more gray area between what would go to a 'python-dev' group and a 'python-user'

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-08 Thread Robert Kern
Eric Wertman wrote: Perhaps the wrong idea of what the group is. I would have thought that if one had a sufficiently developed idea and wanted to have it / formally/ rejected, rather than merely sniped at, then writting a PEP would be more apposite than posting to c.l.py. It's fine to post

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-08 Thread castironpi
On Sep 8, 2:21 pm, Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2008-09-08, Chris Rebert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Eric Wertman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To expand on this a little bit, I've been subscribed to this group for a couple of months, but there seems

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-08 Thread Eric Wertman
Perhaps the wrong idea of what the group is. I would have thought that if one had a sufficiently developed idea and wanted to have it / formally/ rejected, rather than merely sniped at, then writting a PEP would be more apposite than posting to c.l.py. It's fine to post your not

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-08 Thread Dan Upton
On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 10:59 PM, castironpi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 7, 7:34 pm, MRAB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 7, 11:28 pm, Eric Wertman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: +1 Bot I think it's like duck typing: it doesn't matter whether he's actually a bot, only whether he behaves like

lacking follow-through

2008-09-07 Thread castironpi
I am concerned by the lack of follow-through on some responses to recent ideas I have described. Do I merely have a wrong understanding of group policy? Is it a good policy (defined with respect to the future of Python and the welfare of humans at large) if so? Is there a serious lack of

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-07 Thread James Mills
Hi, This is the strangest post I've seen since I've joined this list (only recently). What the ? cheers James On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 7:00 AM, castironpi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am concerned by the lack of follow-through on some responses to recent ideas I have described. Do I merely have

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-07 Thread Gabriel Genellina
En Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:00:30 -0300, castironpi [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: I am concerned by the lack of follow-through on some responses to recent ideas I have described. Do I merely have a wrong understanding of group policy? Is it a good policy (defined with respect to the future of

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-07 Thread Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:34:55 +1000, James Mills wrote: This is the strangest post I've seen since I've joined this list (only recently). What the ? Yeah, castironpi sometimes doesn't make much sense. Maybe because it's a bot!? :-) Ciao, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch --

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-07 Thread castironpi
On Sep 7, 5:03 pm, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:34:55 +1000, James Mills wrote: This is the strangest post I've seen since I've joined this list (only recently). What the ? Yeah, castironpi sometimes doesn't make much sense.  Maybe because it's

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-07 Thread Eric Wertman
+1 Bot -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-07 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote: Yeah, castironpi sometimes doesn't make much sense. Maybe because it's a bot!? :-) if so, they sure don't make c.l.py bots like they used to, do they? /F -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-07 Thread John Machin
On Sep 8, 8:36 am, Fredrik Lundh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote: Yeah, castironpi sometimes doesn't make much sense.  Maybe because it's a bot!?  :-) if so, they sure don't make c.l.py bots like they used to, do they? /F That's correct. This one seems to have an

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-07 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:34:55 +1000, James Mills wrote: Hi, This is the strangest post I've seen since I've joined this list (only recently). What the ? Oh don't mind castironpi, many people think he's an IRC bot with some experimental AI features that escaped onto Usenet *grins*. If you

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-07 Thread castironpi
On Sep 7, 5:45 pm, Steven D'Aprano [EMAIL PROTECTED] cybersource.com.au wrote: On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:34:55 +1000, James Mills wrote: Hi, This is the strangest post I've seen since I've joined this list (only recently). What the ? Oh don't mind castironpi, many people think he's an IRC

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-07 Thread Paul Boddie
On 7 Sep, 23:00, castironpi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am concerned by the lack of follow-through on some responses to recent ideas I have described. Do I merely have a wrong understanding of group policy? I think some people have taken exception to your contributions previously, which I

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-07 Thread MRAB
On Sep 7, 11:28 pm, Eric Wertman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: +1 Bot I think it's like duck typing: it doesn't matter whether he's actually a bot, only whether he behaves like one. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-07 Thread Ben Finney
Paul Boddie [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 7 Sep, 23:00, castironpi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am concerned by the lack of follow-through on some responses to recent ideas I have described. Do I merely have a wrong understanding of group policy? I think some people have taken exception to

Re: lacking follow-through

2008-09-07 Thread Asun Friere
On Sep 8, 7:00 am, castironpi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am concerned by the lack of follow-through on some responses to recent ideas I have described. Do I merely have a wrong understanding of group policy? [snip] Perhaps the wrong idea of what the group is. I would have thought that if