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From: kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen)
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Subject: Re: Python (was Re: I did not inhale)
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 08:45:41 -0000 (UTC)
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In comp.unix.programmer Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 14:21:38 -0000 (UTC), Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:
> 
>> Even though his PhD thesis was
>> something like 100-150 pages of strange-looking formulas, he said he had
>> problems with C on the Amiga. For some reason, he was unable to remember
>> what functions where provided as standard libraries, so he always ended
>> up writing his own functions instead of using libraries.
> 
> Was he not able to keep some reference docs handy? For example, I rarely 
> get very far in working on Python code without having this page
> <https://docs.python.org/3/library/> open in a browser.

Sorry, I don't know. I only know that he told me he was
unable to remember what the standard libraries on Amiga
offered. So he did much unnecessary duplication of code
writing the functions himself.

I have never owned Commodore Amiga and I have no
knowledge about its C compilers or the related
documentation.

br,
KK