Re: when and why did python(-minimal) become essential?

[Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net>]

Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:

> 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..."

Um, I also think it extremely unlikely that Josselin thought jejune
was a French word...