Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RonB Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Why Python When There Is Perl? Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2024 14:24:44 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <17be420c4f90bfc7$63225$1585792$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <17be75acfaf8f0f4$2017$3384359$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <17bebbae334656b9$74345$2906873$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <17bf321f9c15028e$2$2218499$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <17bf5ce92e8c43b4$672$1351842$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2024 14:24:44 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7baacd7ca6031ec8e3626f881151d9b3"; logging-data="2244248"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/1v9ydNAKFM/6JfyBDwMDw" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:W+E3TO4OZiy8FNuTlknk5lMtvo0= Bytes: 3117 On 2024-04-05, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > On 5 Apr 2024 05:09:07 GMT, rbowman wrote: > >> On Fri, 5 Apr 2024 02:36:17 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> >>> Yes. More reliable food supply. More varied sources of food and other >>> goods by trade. Greater chance of surviving medical conditions and >>> disabilities that would have immediately meant death for nomads--that >>> alone showed you that they had an easier life. >> >> Do you think the laborers building the pyramids had an easier life? > > Yup. Remember, they were doing it during the off-season, when there wasn’t > any farming work to do. There is graffiti in the Pyramids recording the > rivalry between teams--it was like a sporting competition, to see who was > better at moving those blocks. > > The Ancient Egyptians had an easier life than their less civilized > neighbours. And I've got a bridge in... Baltimore you might be interested in buying. A fixer uppper. -- [Self-centered, Woke] "pride is a life of self-destructive fakery, an entrapment to a false and self-created matrix of twisted unreality." "It was pride that changed angels into devils..." — St. Augustine