It's not about the quality of the master, it's about the strength of electric shocks.I learned from the best!
Let's return to our pythons, as they say, before Cuchulainn gets upset and takes it out on me as usual.
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Let's return to our pythons, as they say, before Cuchulainn gets upset and takes it out on me as usual.
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No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. The worlds in which different societies live are distinct worlds, not merely the same world with different labels attached.What is your point? (intercultural differences?)Oh dear boy!If you expect every language to work like C#, why not stick to C#?
Python is different from C# which is different from JavaScript which is different from C which is different from VBA which is...
Let 1,000 languages bloom!
You missed the point.
Edward Sapir
- The strong version says that language determines thought and that linguistic categories limit and determine cognitive categories.
- The weak version says that linguistic categories and usage only influence thought and decisions.
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It's not about the quality of the master, it's about the strength of electric shocks.I learned from the best!
Let's return to our pythons, as they say, before Cuchulainn gets upset and takes it out on me as usual.
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World is big - what different persons see may not even overlap. "What appears to us, what we experience and what we are aware of is a function of language we use."
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Re: Python tricks
A nice project it to rewrite the 50-year old Fortran libraries LAPACK, QUADPACK etc. in native Python.
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That's not what Python was meant for. You're far better off calling those libraries from Python, passing them Numpy arrays as argument to chew over.
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What if one does not use any language?World is big - what different persons see may not even overlap. "What appears to us, what we experience and what we are aware of is a function of language we use."
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I think that it is good that tuples in Python (and C#) are immutable. Not so in C++ .. try (un)packing a tuple 500 X 1000'000 times.
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OK, so why is is bad to call Boost rb trees from Python? An extra layer of indirection?That's not what Python was meant for. You're far better off calling those libraries from Python, passing them Numpy arrays as argument to chew over.
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Can you please be more specific about the Python language defects you face?Python hacking, C++ hacking, ... p-hacking?[...]
Note to the experts here dissing Python: unlike some of you, I actually make a living coding in Pythonand not because I don't know C++ either. I can use both (and more), depending on what needs to be done.
I'm using Python too (for initial data analysis). It's just as buggy as Matlab.
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Nothing, I guess. One has some subjective experience of the (realistic or not) world. Maybe similar minds experience it similarly?What if one does not use any language?World is big - what different persons see may not even overlap. "What appears to us, what we experience and what we are aware of is a function of language we use."
"Can you please be more specific about the Python language defects you face?"
Panda licks.
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Re: Python tricks
Python itself is written in C. The compilation on Linux is seamless (e.g clone the repo, ./configure ; make ; make install).
On the other side, Cshit is not a universal language (only available for windowsers).
On the other side, Cshit is not a universal language (only available for windowsers).
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Who said it's bad?OK, so why is is bad to call Boost rb trees from Python? An extra layer of indirection?That's not what Python was meant for. You're far better off calling those libraries from Python, passing them Numpy arrays as argument to chew over.
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"Of course, what I felt then as an ape I can represent now only in human terms, and therefore I misrepresent it."Nothing, I guess. One has some subjective experience of the (realistic or not) world. Maybe similar minds experience it similarly?What if one does not use any language?World is big - what different persons see may not even overlap. "What appears to us, what we experience and what we are aware of is a function of language we use."
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I'm reading that Kafka and Spiro were peers.
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