Comments on: Tie an orange ribbon… http://blog.melchua.com/2007/10/26/tie-an-orange-ribbon/ Braindumps on things Mel Chua has found shiny lately. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:06:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tim Smith http://blog.melchua.com/2007/10/26/tie-an-orange-ribbon/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Tim Smith Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:14:00 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2007/10/26/tie-an-orange-ribbon/#comment-376 Well. I still have no idea why anyone would learn assembler, ever. XD Well. I still have no idea why anyone would learn assembler, ever. XD

]]> By: Mel http://blog.melchua.com/2007/10/26/tie-an-orange-ribbon/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Mel Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:48:00 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2007/10/26/tie-an-orange-ribbon/#comment-374 In the Python domain, I'd describe myself more as an "I've only done enough to have really sore legs for an extended period of time, but can tell you enough so that you can have sore legs too!" person rather than a 60-year-old sword-wielding fan-flipping matron, but thanks for the compliment. :) In the Python domain, I’d describe myself more as an “I’ve only done enough to have really sore legs for an extended period of time, but can tell you enough so that you can have sore legs too!” person rather than a 60-year-old sword-wielding fan-flipping matron, but thanks for the compliment. :)

]]> By: Chris Watkins (a.k.a. Chriswaterguy) http://blog.melchua.com/2007/10/26/tie-an-orange-ribbon/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Chris Watkins (a.k.a. Chriswaterguy) Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:47:00 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2007/10/26/tie-an-orange-ribbon/#comment-371 You do Python? Fantastic! Must talk to you about that - have just started running pywikipedia. Medium term goal - figure out a way of creating relevant wikilinks with the bot. The basic search and replace idea seems straightforward, but there's quite a few special cases (e.g. only want the first one in the article, skip the page if it's already linked, recognize a list of synonyms, yada yada yada...)<br/><br/>When it comes to Python, it sounds like you are the 60-year-old Tai Chi lady, and I am learning to walk. You do Python? Fantastic! Must talk to you about that – have just started running pywikipedia. Medium term goal – figure out a way of creating relevant wikilinks with the bot. The basic search and replace idea seems straightforward, but there’s quite a few special cases (e.g. only want the first one in the article, skip the page if it’s already linked, recognize a list of synonyms, yada yada yada…)

When it comes to Python, it sounds like you are the 60-year-old Tai Chi lady, and I am learning to walk.

]]> By: Mel http://blog.melchua.com/2007/10/26/tie-an-orange-ribbon/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Mel Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:05:00 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2007/10/26/tie-an-orange-ribbon/#comment-370 Oh, I definitely agree, 99.999% of the time - I hate fussing with malloc and free. But sometimes when you're trying to optimize already-written code for speed, it's nice to know how things work under the hood so you can make the more efficient function call.<br/><br/>Kinda like "why would you learn assembler if you're a C programmer?" Same banana. Also, it's sort of fun to learn how your favorite language works. Oh, I definitely agree, 99.999% of the time – I hate fussing with malloc and free. But sometimes when you’re trying to optimize already-written code for speed, it’s nice to know how things work under the hood so you can make the more efficient function call.

Kinda like “why would you learn assembler if you’re a C programmer?” Same banana. Also, it’s sort of fun to learn how your favorite language works.

]]> By: Tim Smith http://blog.melchua.com/2007/10/26/tie-an-orange-ribbon/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Tim Smith Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:16:00 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2007/10/26/tie-an-orange-ribbon/#comment-369 The only part of the post I really know how to respond to:<br/><i>but as far as I'm concerned, things get stored in VAGUE-LAND! in Python.</i><br/>I'm pretty sure that's intentional, and generally for the best. Why do you care what the interpreter does with memory internally? The only part of the post I really know how to respond to:
but as far as I’m concerned, things get stored in VAGUE-LAND! in Python.
I’m pretty sure that’s intentional, and generally for the best. Why do you care what the interpreter does with memory internally?

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