Steve D'Aprano, you're the "master". What's wrong with this concatenation statement?

DFS nospam at dfs.com
Tue May 10 17:21:11 EDT 2016


On 5/10/2016 2:15 PM, Ian Kelly wrote:
> On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 10:16 AM, DFS <nospam at dfs.com> wrote:
>> On 5/9/2016 3:53 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>>>
>>> On Monday 09 May 2016 09:10, DFS wrote:
>>>
>>>> sSQL =  "line 1\n"
>>>> sSQL += "line 2\n"
>>>> sSQL += "line 3"
>>>
>>>
>>> Pointlessly provocative subject line edited.
>>
>>
>>
>> huh?  You called yourself a "master crafts/wo/man".
>
> Stop trolling.


Challenging someone's boastful claim isn't trolling.



>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> DFS: "python is awesome, but too many options for doing the same thing also
>> makes it difficult.  For me, anyway."
>>
>> DuhPricko: "That's the difference between a master and an apprentice. The
>> apprentice likes to follow fixed steps the same way each time. The master
>> craftsman knows her tools backwards, and can choose the right tool for the
>> job, and when the choice of tool really doesn't matter and you can use
>> whatever happens to be the closest to hand."
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> So what, you're upset by the implication that you haven't already
> mastered Python when you apparently just started a couple months ago?
> Temper your expectations.


Of course that wasn't my expectation.  That would be crazy...

My expectation was to not be met by smug, sanctimonious and 
condescending replies from the likes of DuhPricko.



>> 'master craftswoman' my ass...
>
> Take your gender insults somewhere else. They're not welcome here.

Take your net-nannying somewhere else.  It's not welcome /anywhere/.





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