Python education survey

Grant Edwards invalid at invalid.invalid
Sat Dec 31 11:27:11 EST 2011


On 2011-12-28, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:42:05 -0800, Rick Johnson wrote:
>
>> I don't care what ANY dictionary says. Much less a "world"
>> dictionary. I don't validate or invalidate a word based on some phony
>> baloney group of pseudo intellectuals who decided one to day that
>> writing a dictionary "might be cool". I am against these words and
>> phrases because we already have words that work just fine. Why rock
>> the boat?
>
> Why do you say "rock" when the word "shake" is just as good?
>
> Why do you say "boat" when we already have "ship"?
>
> Why do you say "pseudo intellectuals" when you could say "fake 
> intellectuals"?
>
> Why do I waste my time reading your pretentious self-important nonsense?

http://xkcd.com/386/

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