Two questions

[Ivan Van Laningham]

Hi All--

Gordon McMillan wrote:
> 
[snippery]
> It's not widely known, but it blows chunks if you have Mayan
> glyphs on your machine. That's a feature.
> 

Ta' e' ku' yu'uch'ul.  (That's Yucatec Mayan, for those of you who need
a hint.)

> If you get creative (about a dozen lines of code) you can install
> a fully functional Python in 2 files. You can put Python and
> IDLE on a floppy with room left over.
> 

Yes, but will it fit under the seat?


> At the moment, you'll have a bit of trouble with my stuff and
> the fact that Marc-Andre puts his .pyds inside the packages.
> There are workarounds, and I have a patch from Thomas Heller
> which I haven't finished reconciling to some of my other
> changes.
> 

How nasty are the workarounds?  Do they make life annoying for the guy
who writes the installs?  (Acceptable--possibly even desirable.) 
Annoying for me?  (Irritating but acceptable.)  Or infuriating for our
customers?  (Unacceptable.)

Of course, if there is a way to make life unbearable for the salesmen
(and they are all men), that would be ideal.


> > <floccinausinihilipilification>-ly y'rs,
> > Ivan
> 
> Are you describing your hairline, your nervous twitch, or the
> effect of the latter on your former?
> 

C'mon, Gordon.  Get out your OED!  I _know_ you've got one.

<it's-a-magic-word-that-makes-long-haired-pipe-smoking-leftover-hippies-lose-their-cachet>-ly
y'rs,
Ivan;-)
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