[Edu-sig] re: Types and true division (was Re: strange output)
Guido van Rossum
guido@python.org
Thu, 10 Oct 2002 11:17:48 -0400
> >Indeed, Art, I'm sick and tired of you.
>
> And I, believe or not, truly wish that weren't so.
That makes two of us.
> >You did not respond to my explanation of the division change using
> >the substitutibility rule. It's a technical issue, whether or not
> >you understand it.
>
> I did, in effect. By stating on a number of occasions that I
> understand that the issue goes beyond the first take of the
> non-programmer.
But do you understand the issue of substitutability?
> Have you responding in any serious way to my point about a
> potentially harmeful side effect. In the year over which this has
> been discussed.
And what would that side effect be? What's the benefit of 1/2==0?
> Is my point that fundamenatlly unworthy of reply? The form of your
> replies and non-replies indicates a position that it is.
You rarely rise above talking about your emotions on the issue, which
makes it impossible to have a reasonable discussion.
> I respectfully disagree.
>
> Did *you* learn to program with Python?
Can you rephrase that as a direct question (or comment) instead of
sarcasm?
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)