% is not an operator [was Re: Verbose and flexible args and kwargs syntax]

[rusi]

On Dec 14, 10:15 pm, Eelco <hoogendoorn.ee... at gmail.com> wrote:
> 'Kindof' off-topic, but what the hell :).

<deja-vu>
We keep having these debates -- so I wonder how off-topic it is...
And so do famous CSists:
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/gurevich/opera/123.pdf
</deja-vu>

:
:
> > Again, you are completely mis-representing the situation.  In my
> > experience, most mathematicians (I'm not talking about undergraduate
> > students here) do not see the axioms are the root of the mathematics
> > that they do.  Formal systems are just one way to explore mathematics.
> >  Of course they can in some cases be very useful and enlightening.
>
> Its your word versus mine I suppose.

Some older discussions:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/46435c36f3a13621/896579b757126243?lnk=gst&q=rusi+steven+platonism#896579b757126243

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/d36dcd2e2e175d1e/45dd596bc050ac2d?lnk=gst&q=rusi+steven+platonism#45dd596bc050ac2d