Whitespace as syntax (was Re: Python Rocks!)
Joshua Macy
amused at webamused.com
Thu Feb 10 05:02:16 EST 2000
Bijan Parsia wrote:
>
> Aahz Maruch <aahz at netcom.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <38A19E79.5E88D2FC at prescod.net>,
> > Paul Prescod <paul at prescod.net> wrote:
> > >
... snip what Paul wrote in toto ...
> >
> > I'll say. I went there to further my self-education only to find that
> > the official FAQ is only available in PDF and Postscript.
>
> It's not official. It's *an* FAQ. There are several. FAQs in general are
> services to the community. Plus, with a little searching, you can find
> HTML ones.
>
> I'd dearly love to say something snarky about someone trying to
> "further" their "self education" who 1) can't make it any further than
> that, and 2) instead of asking someone for aid gets all huffy and posts
> derogatory comments. But, I shan't :)
>
> > They had the
> > nerve to suggest that people wishing to post on the newsgroups read the
> > FAQ first.
>
> As is standard. Standard *netiquette*. And plain good sense.
>
> I'm done.
>
I'd just like to point out that here you're responding to what Aahz
wrote as a reductio ad absurdam to Paul's comments as if Paul had
written it, which isn't really fair.
Joshua
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