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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Ahlstrom Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 07:09:33 -0500 Organization: None Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <6iKdnTQOKNh6AqD6nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@earthlink.com> <871pz4osys.fsf@comcast.net.invalid> Reply-To: OFeem1987@teleworm.us Injection-Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 13:09:34 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7943a899bd1c40d7fa7d071c1777e471"; logging-data="3616791"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/7H5+eL0qNRc/pcmgWL0YX" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:2Rzkby0c1qC1r+c/mGSBqwWUJFU= X-Slrn: Why use anything else? X-Mutt: The most widely-used MUA X-Face: 63n<76,LYJQ2m#'5YL#.T95xqyPiG`ffIP70tN+j"(&@6(4l\7uL)2+/-r0)/9SjZ`qw= Njn mr93Xrerx}aQG-Ap5IHn"xe;`5:pp"$RH>Kx_ngWw%c\+6qSg!q"41n2[.N/;Pu6q8?+Poz~e A9? $6_R7cm.l!s8]yfv7x+-FYQ|/k X-User-Agent: Microsoft Outl00k, Usenet K00k Editions Bytes: 2827 vallor wrote this post while blinking in Morse code: > On Sun, 24 Nov 2024 14:39:26 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> On 24/11/2024 14:37, Rich wrote: >>> 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote: >>>> Whatever it is, at least use Python if for no other >>>> reason than that it's generally comprehensible. >>> >>> Oh good lord no. The amount for which you hate Perl is the amount that >>> I despise Python. >>> >> I can't say a good word for either, having never written a line in >> either, I am disnclined to learn. > > I've been learning Python, off-and-on, but my go-to languages > are still Perl or C. > > (I learned OO programming with Perl. Please don't hate me.) I've dabbled (babbled?) in Perl, Java, Python, and done some work-work with C#/ASP.NET/Javascript, but C/C++ is my goto (get it? get it?). Of course, my early C++ code was pretty awful. I do think Python is a good language for scripting, and it's also the source for the Meson build system. Then there's Zoidberg, a Perl-based shell, long dead: https://github.com/jberger/Zoidberg -- This universe shipped by weight, not by volume. Some expansion of the contents may have occurred during shipment.