Know of Substantial Apps Written in Python?

Steve Holden sholden at cox.rr.com
Wed Apr 11 22:38:35 EDT 2001


"Greg Ewing" <greg at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote in message
news:3AD50DEB.BE6F6E5B at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz...
> Steve Holden wrote:
> >
> > I found Americans tended to
> > dislike conversations along the lines of "I can't understand why my
program
> > doesn't work", "That's because you're as thick as a plank".
>
> That's not sarcasm, that's bluntness. Unless you really
> meant "You're a really intelligent person" and he failed
> to spot the sarcasm, in which case I see your point.
>
Even *I* had learned to be a little circumspect with the ones who *were* as
thick as a plank. But you're right, we are pretty blunt too. Of course, *we*
call it honesty, but that doesn't stop it offending the object of our
attentions.

on-ilkley-moor-baht-'at-ly y'rs  - steve





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