OT: AttributeError

[dn]

On 29/09/2021 12.21, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 9:10 AM <2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE at potatochowder.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 2021-09-29 at 11:38:22 +1300,
>> dn via Python-list <python-list at python.org> wrote:
>>
>>> For those of us who remember/can compute in binary, octal, hex, or
>>> decimal as-needed:
>>> Why do programmers confuse All Hallows'/Halloween for Christmas Day?
>>
>> That one is also very old.  (Yes, I know the answer.  No, I will not
>> spoil it for those who might not.)  What do I have to do to gain the
>> insight necessary to have discovered that question and answer on my own?
> 
> You'd have to be highly familiar with numbers in different notations,
> to the extent that you automatically read 65 and 0x41 as the same
> number. Or, even better, to be able to read off a hex dump and see E8
> 03 and instantly read it as "1,000 little-endian".

Now, now, young-Chris, make way for those of us who are qualified to
carry walking-sticks!


...or see "C1" and recognise that also to represent an "A"?


To continue, to the bit-ter end:

Sometimes I think you are a bit too much - said the 0 to the 1.

If I hold up two fingers, am I insulting you, or asking for three of
something?

Programming in Java is the process of converting source code into core
dumps.

and, the Dijkstra quotation:
"If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be
the process of putting them in"

-- 
Regards,
=dn