Know of Substantial Apps Written in Python?

[Steve Holden]

"Aahz Maruch" <aahz at panix.com> wrote in message
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> In article <Y%1B6.146143$m04.5985074 at e420r-atl1.usenetserver.com>,
> Steve Holden <sholden at holdenweb.com> wrote:
> >"Dry Ice" <nomail at nomail.com> wrote in message
> >news:3ad49fc4_3 at news4.newsfeeds.com...
> >>
> >>>> . . .
> >>>> What "substantial" is might be defined in terms
> >>>> of project length.  Perhaps something which would
> >>>> take a good programmer several months.
> >>>
> >>> In that case, there are no substantial python applications.
> >>> Everbody knows that any conceivable project can be
> >>> implemented in python in a week or less.
> >>
> >> Get real.  (Or did you forget the smiley face?)
> >
> >I have an idea Ken was being ironic. With my English background
> >that stood out a mile. Are you American, by any chance? Seems like
> >irony isn't easily spotted by natives of the USA (with some notable
> >exceptions, of course).
>
> Nope, you English sod, that was sarcasm, a uniquely American tradition.

Well, being from Yorkshire, the only possible reply to that one is
"bollocks". Sarcasm is the primary humor back home, and when I moved to the
USA my use of it was interpreted as agression. I found Americans tended to
dislike conversations along the lines of "I can't understand why my program
doesn't work", "That's because you're as thick as a plank". I have since
learned to handle the fragile American ego a little more gently :-)

sarcastic-english-sod-and-not-unhappy-about-it-ly y'rs  - steve