Re: [Tutor] Tutor Digest, Vol 90, Issue 97

2011-08-30 Thread Lisi
On Tuesday 30 August 2011 02:21:15 Steven D'Aprano wrote: Heh, well different people find different approaches useful. To coin a cliché, it would be a dull world if we were all the same. :-) Lisi ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe

Re: [Tutor] Tutor Digest, Vol 90, Issue 97

2011-08-29 Thread Cranky Frankie
Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: Is it just me, or is this a blatant plug for a specific book, and is it therefore Spam? I hope it's just you, because it is not spam. As I said, I read a *lot* of computer books (I'm a database administrator) and this book really stands out. It's so good I'm

Re: [Tutor] Tutor Digest, Vol 90, Issue 97

2011-08-29 Thread Lisi
On Monday 29 August 2011 18:01:44 Cranky Frankie wrote: I'm sorry you were offended by my posts. If others were as well let me know and I'll unsubscribe immediately. Post in the singular. I could not, and can not, I'm afraid, see the point in writing such a long panegyric about Python to a

Re: [Tutor] Tutor Digest, Vol 90, Issue 97

2011-08-29 Thread Alan Gauld
On 29/08/11 20:23, Lisi wrote: ...I could not, and can not, I'm afraid, see the point in writing such a long panegyric about Python It's actually quite common on this list. Especially from programmers newly come to Python from other languages and who get quite excited when they discover how

Re: [Tutor] Tutor Digest, Vol 90, Issue 97

2011-08-29 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Lisi wrote: On Monday 29 August 2011 18:01:44 Cranky Frankie wrote: I'm sorry you were offended by my posts. If others were as well let me know and I'll unsubscribe immediately. Post in the singular. I could not, and can not, I'm afraid, see the point in writing such a long panegyric about