P*rl in Latin, whither Python?

Jim Richardson warlock at eskimo.com
Sun Nov 12 17:34:14 EST 2000


On 12 Nov 2000 14:23:07 +0100, 
 Martin Christensen, in the persona of 
	<knightsofspamalot-factotum at mail1.stofanet.dk>,
 brought forth the following words...:

>>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> writes:
>>>  Oni trovas esperantistoj[n] en multaj [strangaj] lokoj. :-)
>Peter> ---------------------^^^ (accusative case! :-)
>
>Oh yeah, just typical: a typo in any other language is just a typo,
>but Esperanto is supposedly so easy that it ought to eliminate such
>errors, and hey presto!, we have zero-tolerance. ;-)
>
>Peter> Apparently Esperanto is well-liked amongst some Pythonists.  I
>Peter> suppose that's not surprising, given the 'reasonable idealism'
>Peter> shown within both "movements".
>
>Actually, the ideas behind Esperanto and those behind the Internet as
>such are very similar indeed, so I find it very odd that many people,
>especially Americans, speak so fondly of the 'Net and the many things
>it makes possible, but they deplore the notion that English should not
>be the primary language of the 'Net. Utter hypocracy, if you ask me.
>
>Martin
>
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At the risk of being flamed to a crisp, can I whineingly point out that you
misspelled hypocrisy? :)


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Jim Richardson
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