Perl is worse!
Grant Edwards
nobody at nowhere.nohow
Sun Jul 30 12:33:52 EDT 2000
On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 08:57:27 GMT, Steve Lamb <grey at despair.rpglink.com> wrote:
>On 30 Jul 2000 18:31:37 +1200, Paul Foley <see at below> wrote:
>>Isn't it? Are you sure about that?
>
> Considering some of the conversations I've sat in on with
>my friends, no, it isn't in some contexts. I can provide more
>examples if you /really/ want to be that intentionally obtuse.
Steve is correct. In my experience it is not only inoffensive
in some contexts, it has a positive connotation and means
someting along the lines of what "mate" means in Australia.
I can't believe we're discussing this in a debate about Perl
vs. Python (or more abstractly, strong vs. weak typing).
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