On Jan 4, 3:17 pm, "ru...@yahoo.com" wrote:
> On 01/04/2011 01:34 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
>
> > On 1/4/2011 1:24 PM, an Arrogant Ignoramus wrote:
>
> > what he called
> >> a opinion piece.
>
> > I normally do not respond to trolls, but while expressing his opinions,
> > AI made statements that are
On 1/5/2011 12:10 PM ru...@yahoo.com said...
A language reference manual should completely and accurately
describe the language it documents. (That seems fairly obvious
to me although there will be differing opinions of how precise
one needs to be, etc.) Once it meets that minimum standard,
On 01/05/2011 12:23 AM, Alice Bevan–McGregor wrote:
> > On 2011-01-04 22:29:31 -0800, Steven D'Aprano said:
> >
>> >> In any case, your assumption that any one documentation work should stand
>> >> on its own merits is nonsense -- *nothing* stands alone.
> >
> > +1
I responded more fully in my res
On 01/04/2011 11:29 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:17:37 -0800, ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>>> If one wants to critique the 'Python Docs', especially as regards to
>>> usefulness to beginners, one must start with the Tutorial; and if one
>>> wants to use if statements as an examp
On 2011-01-04 22:29:31 -0800, Steven D'Aprano said:
In any case, your assumption that any one documentation work should stand
on its own merits is nonsense -- *nothing* stands alone.
+1
How many RFCs still in use today don't start with:
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL",
On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:17:37 -0800, ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> If one wants to critique the 'Python Docs', especially as regards to
>> usefulness to beginners, one must start with the Tutorial; and if one
>> wants to use if statements as an example, one must start with the
>> above.
>
> No. The l
On 01/04/2011 01:34 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 1/4/2011 1:24 PM, an Arrogant Ignoramus wrote:
>
> what he called
>> a opinion piece.
>
> I normally do not respond to trolls, but while expressing his opinions,
> AI made statements that are factually wrong at least as regards Python
> and its practi
On 1/4/2011 1:24 PM, an Arrogant Ignoramus wrote:
what he called
a opinion piece.
I normally do not respond to trolls, but while expressing his opinions,
AI made statements that are factually wrong at least as regards Python
and its practitioners.
1. He correctly notes that the Python Lan
On Jan 4, 12:24 pm, Xah Lee wrote:
> a opinion piece.
>
> 〈The Idiocy of Computer Language
> Docs〉http://xahlee.org/comp/idiocy_of_comp_lang.html
>
> --
> The Idiocy of Computer Language Docs
>
> Xah Lee, 2011-01-03
>
> Worked with Mathematica for a
On Tue, Jan 04 2011, Xah Lee wrote:
> a opinion piece.
>
> 〈The Idiocy of Computer Language Docs〉
> http://xahlee.org/comp/idiocy_of_comp_lang.html
>
> --
> The Idiocy of Computer Language Docs
>
> Xah Lee, 2011-01-03
>
> Worked with Mathematica for
a opinion piece.
〈The Idiocy of Computer Language Docs〉
http://xahlee.org/comp/idiocy_of_comp_lang.html
--
The Idiocy of Computer Language Docs
Xah Lee, 2011-01-03
Worked with Mathematica for a whole day yesterday, after about 10
years hiatus. Ver
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