. Python 2.1 function attributes

[Alex Martelli]

"Mitch Chapman" <chapman at bioreason.com> wrote in message
news:3A7595D9.E9F080CE at bioreason.com...
    [snip]
> > > -- at least once tried writing 'print>file' for the latter purpose
> >
> > [...]That is, it isn't so clear *where* he got confused.
>
> It might be clearer if we could assume he's spent time with
> (Unix?) command shells.  ">" overwrites files, ">>" appends.

He used Unix, and later Linux, as a small child -- back then,
it was the Martelli Family's OS (I got Interactive's System V
implementation as soon as I could afford an 80386 -- before
that, Coherent -- and, as soon as it was usable, Linux 0.9?).

[He never really liked vi much -- with ups and downs, but he
tended to prefer non-modal editors even then; his motivation
towards vi was that he saw it as a "Big Man's Editor", since
it was what Dad used, while his mother and sister were Pico
users -- at times, when he managed to "let his fingers to the
thinking", he was a pretty effective vi-er, actually -- but
he kept reverting to 'reasoning' about it, and tripping up].

But that was many years ago -- in recent years, both at home
and at school, I think he saw nothing but DOS and DOS-alikes.

However, those, also, implement >, >>, and < in their command
shells.


Alex