Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Ahlstrom Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Why Python When There Is Perl? Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 08:38:22 -0400 Organization: None Lines: 23 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> Reply-To: OFeem1987@teleworm.us Injection-Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2024 12:38:22 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9fd3f55f2c63a8b96816feb8436fae07"; logging-data="1453663"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+6SZNiKyruMiyy6htIgHb8" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:cqzzaePYfEIYGuvUg1lT1/cM6JY= X-Mutt: The most widely-used MUA X-User-Agent: Microsoft Outl00k, Usenet K00k Editions X-Slrn: Why use anything else? Bytes: 2601 rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > On Fri, 5 Apr 2024 00:58:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> Thank goodness for that. Because you realize that the transition to >> agriculture improved the life spans of those societies, compared to the >> older nomadic way of life. > > But did it improve the quality of life? Well, you're posting here now, using a fancy electronic device over a fancy electronic network. Your dumps go down in the sewer system, out of sight, out of mind. You can eat and drink ginormous amounts, cheaply. Few worries about nasty bacteria and viruses. . . . -- Expect the worst, it's the least you can do.