
Some of you have probably already seen this, but in case you haven't: http://www.staringispolite.com/likepython/ :-) Skip

On Feb 24, 2010, at 10:37 AM, skip@pobox.com wrote:
Some of you have probably already seen this, but in case you haven't:
I wish I actually had, like, that much time on my hands bro. S

Reminiscent of INTERCAL, where you had to say PLEASE at regular but not too frequent intervals, or the compiler would accuse you of being either too impolite or too smarmy. -- Greg

2010/2/24 skip <skip@pobox.com>:
I'm reminded of LOLPython: <http://bit.ly/271rt>. -- Cheers, Simon B.

>> Â Â http://www.staringispolite.com/likepython/ Simon> I'm reminded of LOLPython: <http://bit.ly/271rt>. You know, I'm thinking while both are obviously tongue-in-cheek we should probably include them on the /dev/implementations page of python.org, probably in a separate section at the end of the page. Skip

On 26/02/2010 17:26, skip@pobox.com wrote:
They're certainly fun - but they seem to be fly-by-night projects (i.e. unlikely to be maintained in the long run). The risk is that we end up with even more outdated links / material on the website. Anyway, if the consensus is that it would be good to link to them then I will update the page (which could already do with some updating by the looks of it). All the best, Michael
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On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:53:36 am Michael Foord wrote:
For what it's worth, I have compiled a list of between 14 and 27 implementations of Python, depending on how conservative you are at defining "implementation". I then went to the wiki and discovered my list was nowhere near complete. Obviously this information is extensive and rapidly changing, so I think it would be better to have the current implementation page be fairly minimal but link to the wiki for more details: http://wiki.python.org/moin/implementation http://www.python.org/dev/implementations/ -- Steven D'Aprano

"Steven" == Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> writes:
Steven> For what it's worth, I have compiled a list of between 14 and 27 Steven> implementations of Python, depending on how conservative you are Steven> at defining "implementation". Steven> I then went to the wiki and discovered my list was nowhere near Steven> complete. Obviously this information is extensive and rapidly Steven> changing, so I think it would be better to have the current Steven> implementation page be fairly minimal but link to the wiki for Steven> more details: Steven> http://wiki.python.org/moin/implementation Steven> http://www.python.org/dev/implementations/ I added Like, Python and LOLPython to the wiki page in a new section, "Just For Fun". I don't see the source for the /dev/implementations page in my python.org website checkout. I'll suggest the link to the other pydotorg types. Skip

On Feb 24, 2010, at 10:37 AM, skip@pobox.com wrote:
Some of you have probably already seen this, but in case you haven't:
I wish I actually had, like, that much time on my hands bro. S

Reminiscent of INTERCAL, where you had to say PLEASE at regular but not too frequent intervals, or the compiler would accuse you of being either too impolite or too smarmy. -- Greg

2010/2/24 skip <skip@pobox.com>:
I'm reminded of LOLPython: <http://bit.ly/271rt>. -- Cheers, Simon B.

>> Â Â http://www.staringispolite.com/likepython/ Simon> I'm reminded of LOLPython: <http://bit.ly/271rt>. You know, I'm thinking while both are obviously tongue-in-cheek we should probably include them on the /dev/implementations page of python.org, probably in a separate section at the end of the page. Skip

On 26/02/2010 17:26, skip@pobox.com wrote:
They're certainly fun - but they seem to be fly-by-night projects (i.e. unlikely to be maintained in the long run). The risk is that we end up with even more outdated links / material on the website. Anyway, if the consensus is that it would be good to link to them then I will update the page (which could already do with some updating by the looks of it). All the best, Michael
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On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:53:36 am Michael Foord wrote:
For what it's worth, I have compiled a list of between 14 and 27 implementations of Python, depending on how conservative you are at defining "implementation". I then went to the wiki and discovered my list was nowhere near complete. Obviously this information is extensive and rapidly changing, so I think it would be better to have the current implementation page be fairly minimal but link to the wiki for more details: http://wiki.python.org/moin/implementation http://www.python.org/dev/implementations/ -- Steven D'Aprano

"Steven" == Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> writes:
Steven> For what it's worth, I have compiled a list of between 14 and 27 Steven> implementations of Python, depending on how conservative you are Steven> at defining "implementation". Steven> I then went to the wiki and discovered my list was nowhere near Steven> complete. Obviously this information is extensive and rapidly Steven> changing, so I think it would be better to have the current Steven> implementation page be fairly minimal but link to the wiki for Steven> more details: Steven> http://wiki.python.org/moin/implementation Steven> http://www.python.org/dev/implementations/ I added Like, Python and LOLPython to the wiki page in a new section, "Just For Fun". I don't see the source for the /dev/implementations page in my python.org website checkout. I'll suggest the link to the other pydotorg types. Skip
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Greg Ewing
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Jesse Noller
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Michael Foord
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Simon Brunning
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skip@pobox.com
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Steve Steiner (listsin)
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Steven D'Aprano