The next Xah-lee post contest

[Bryan]

Eric Pederson wrote:
>>From: Arthur <ajsiegel at optonline.com>
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>>Not sure how Xah got himself into all this.  
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> One can easily see that Java programmers are geeks who secretly wanted to make the football team and are now trying to conform, ignoring their language's critical lack of Prolog syntax.  Python coders, similarly, do not recognize that they may be violating several open source patents each time they write: "class(Object):", and both languages may become unusable when the Government changes the inheritance tax.
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> Rather than throw stones or make fun, all but the closet Republicans should examine how poor Xah came to such a state of misunderstanding IPv8, and try to help him.
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>>From Aahz tag line we have a clue:
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>     "19. A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming,is not worth knowing."  --Alan Perlis
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> Further understanding will require research.  Was it Perl that did this to Mr. Lee's brain, or perhaps it was trying to ascertain the web services "standard"?  Was it a massive PHP program that simply grew beyond comprehendability and blew all normal circuits?  Or perhaps an attempt to jump straight from Fortran 77 into Ruby?
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> Perhaps we will never know the cause, but surely when the ill come to us we must prescribe something.
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> Ah, perhaps if he will join us in a song we will all be OK:
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> Python Choir:
>     Lee's a lumberjack, and he's OK,
>     He codes all night and he posts all day.
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> XL:
>     I cut down trees, I eat my lunch,
>     I go to the lavatory.
>     On Wednesdays I go shopping,
>     And have buttered scones for tea.
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> Python Choir:
>     Lee cuts down trees, He eats his lunch,
>     He goes to the lavatory.
>     On Wednesdays he goes shopping,
>     And have buttered scones for tea.
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>     Lees a lumberjack, and he's OK,
>     He codes all night and he posts all day.
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> XL:
>     I cut down trees, I skip and jump,
>     I like to press wild flowers.
>     I put on women's clothing,
>     And hang around in bars.
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> Python Choir:
>     Lee cuts down trees, he skips and jumps,
>     He likes to press wild flowers.
>     He puts on women's clothing
>     And hangs around.... In bars???????
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> Well.  At least I feel better.  For now.
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> /Eric - sentenced to re-learn and write an application in Perl 5.0
> What will that do to my mind?
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> http://www.songzilla.blogspot.com
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> domainNot="@something.com"
> domainIs=domainNot.replace("s","z")
> ePrefix="".join([chr(ord(x)+1) for x in "do"])
> mailMeAt=ePrefix+domainIs
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oh great... now you just legend-ized him on this group forever :(