Re: [Python-Dev] Wow!

2009-02-17 Thread Lie Ryan
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:04:35 +1300, Greg Ewing wrote: > Leif Walsh wrote: > >> If only we had a second Earth to mess with, we could just copy and >> swap. > > Or we could use a generational approach, doing all our messy stuff > around the moon and copying to earth when we've got our traffic cont

Re: [Python-Dev] Wow!

2009-02-16 Thread Greg Ewing
Leif Walsh wrote: If only we had a second Earth to mess with, we could just copy and swap. Or we could use a generational approach, doing all our messy stuff around the moon and copying to earth when we've got our traffic control issues sorted out. -- Greg

Re: [Python-Dev] Wow!

2009-02-16 Thread Leif Walsh
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 9:14 PM, Greg Ewing wrote: > Also it sounds like they could do with a really good > garbage collection algorithm just now. If only we had a second Earth to mess with, we could just copy and swap. -- Cheers, Leif ___ Python-Dev

Re: [Python-Dev] Wow!

2009-02-13 Thread Greg Ewing
Brett Cannon wrote: Is there a Python connection I'm missing? http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-satellite-collision15-2009feb15,0,7901281.story Well, the front page of python.org does say "NASA uses Python"... Also it sounds like they could do with a really good garbage collect

Re: [Python-Dev] Wow!

2009-02-13 Thread Brett Cannon
Is there a Python connection I'm missing? On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 13:12, Raymond Hettinger wrote: > > http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-satellite-collision15-2009feb15,0,7901281.story > ___ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > h

Re: [Python-Dev] Wow!

2009-02-13 Thread Kirk McDonald
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_Syndrome On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Raymond Hettinger wrote: > > http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-satellite-collision15-2009feb15,0,7901281.story > ___ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.o

Re: [Python-Dev] Wow, I think I actually *get* it now!

2008-03-21 Thread zooko
Phillip J. Eby wrote: > Hm. So it seems to me that maybe one thing that would help is a > "Setuptools Haters' Guide To Setuptools" -- that is, *short* > documentation specifically written for people who don't want to use > setuptools and want to minimize its impact on their systems. Perhaps rele

Re: [Python-Dev] Wow, I think I actually *get* it now!

2008-03-20 Thread Robert Brewer
Phillip J. Eby wrote: > Hm. So it seems to me that maybe one thing that would help is a > "Setuptools Haters' Guide To Setuptools" -- that is, *short* > documentation specifically written for people who don't want to use > setuptools and want to minimize its impact on their systems. I could > pro

Re: [Python-Dev] Wow, I think I actually *get* it now!

2008-03-20 Thread Paul Moore
On 20/03/2008, Phillip J. Eby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, this information is VERY helpful. It makes it blindingly > obvious to me now that the difference between loving and hating > setuptools is whether you're *intentionally* using it, or whether it > shows up in your ecosystem un