Re: when and why did python(-minimal) become essential?
On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 15:12 -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:
>
> > On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 14:58 -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> >> Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> writes:
> >>
> >> > Le samedi 28 janvier 2006 à 21:16 -0600, Manoj Srivastava a écrit :
> >> >> God. Is this supposed to be rational technical discussion, or
> >> >> an exercise in jejune mud slinging.
> >> >
> >> > Deliberate use of words a non-native English speaker cannot understand
> >> > won't help your argumentation.
> >>
> >> How is "jejune" unfair? How can I predict which words you will or
> >> won't know? Maybe Debian should ship a dictionary. Oh wait, it does.
> >
> > Manoj probably thought (as I did, until I ran dict) that jejune
> > is a French word never used in English.
>
> I find it unlikely to think that Manoj was trying to use a French
> word. I think he is simply an accomplished writer, using a carefully
> chosen ordinary English word, and doesn't know which English words
> French people normally learn.
Then I made a mistake in who wrote "Deliberate use of words..."
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