SOLVED (Re: Python hits the spot)

Peter Hansen peter at engcorp.com
Mon Jun 24 20:57:05 EDT 2002


Chris Liechti wrote:
> 
> Tim Churches <tchur at optushome.com.au> wrote in
> news:mailman.1024950033.16332.python-list at python.org:
> 
> > Siegfried Gonzi wrote:
> >> It was really the laptop processor. I tried the calculation on a
> >> stationary machine (Pentium II 450 MHz and SuSE 8.0), and it works.
> >>
> >> Die Typen können jetzt was erleben.
> >
> > Could someone who understands idiomatic Österreichisches Deutsch
> > confirm that the above means "And sorry for being such a prat."?
> 
> it's more like a threat to the laptop manufacturer....
> 
> you have to admit that it was a nasty failure... is bad hardware your first
> thought when your program fails? on the other side he realy had a bad start
> with this thread.

I think if we were right there, "try the program on another
machine" would have come up pretty quickly.  In all the noise
I guess nobody thought of it.

-Peter



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