Question about math.pi is mutable

Steven D'Aprano steve at pearwood.info
Thu Nov 12 17:04:54 EST 2015


On Fri, 13 Nov 2015 07:40 am, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

> And on GABELNs [1] it is considered polite to post using your real name.

Falsehoods programmers believe about names:

http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/


> You have been warned.

And you should consider the irony, and hypocrisy, of somebody who signs his
posts "PointedEars" bitching about supposed "real names".

How do you propose to tell the difference between "real" names and "fake"
names? If BartC signed his posts "Engelbert Humperdinck", "Cher", "Thomas
Lahn" or "Bartholomew Roberts" how would you decide whether it was "real"
or "fake"?

Petty bigotry over "real" names is no better than any other sort of bigotry.



-- 
Steven




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