[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/)