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   The Natural Philosopher to Charlie Gibbs   
   Re: Python: A Little Trick For Every Nee   
   04 Feb 26 22:00:58   
   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 04/02/2026 19:26, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   > On 2026-02-04, John Ames  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 16:44:18 +0000   
   >> The Natural Philosopher  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> The reality is that the language is error-prone, and blaming   
   >>>> programmers for the outcome is just sticking your head in the sand.   
   >>>   
   >>> All languages are error prone.   
   >>> And blaming that for deficiencies in programmer quality  is just   
   >>> sticking your head in the sand.   
   >>   
   >> But this time, *this time* we've found the fabled Language That Makes   
   >> Bugs Impossible, we swear...!   
   >   
   > Yes, it doesn't let you do anything.  And if you can't do anything,   
   > you can't do anything wrong.   
   >   
      
   It's like that wonderful preamplifier featured in an April edition of   
   Wireless world. The ASPOW* technology has enormous bandwidth with Zero   
   distortion.   
      
   *A Stright Piece Of Wire.   
      
   --   
   “The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false face for the   
   urge to rule it.”   
   – H. L. Mencken   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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