Hi all,

Just reading a press release on python.org:

Perl and Python to begin joint development http://www.python.org/parrot.html

I thought Guido and the rest of the Python crew worked at Digicool, but apparently he just accepted a job at ActiveState, together with Larry Wall.

Where is this going? If Perl and Python are merging in the near future, we'll need to find another language to fight our language wars with ;) C# maybe? :)

always read dates of 'press releases' rik

These things tend to happen around this time of the year ;-) -----Original Message----- From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Jonathan Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 12:39 AM To: zope@zope.org Subject: [Zope] Perl + Python = Parrot? Hi all, Just reading a press release on python.org: Perl and Python to begin joint development http://www.python.org/parrot.html I thought Guido and the rest of the Python crew worked at Digicool, but apparently he just accepted a job at ActiveState, together with Larry Wall. Where is this going? If Perl and Python are merging in the near future, we'll need to find another language to fight our language wars with ;) C# maybe? :) Cya Jonathan _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )

Jonathan wrote:

Just reading a press release on python.org:

Perl and Python to begin joint development http://www.python.org/parrot.html

The Pet Shoppe A customer enters a pet shop. Customer: 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint. (The owner does not respond.) C: 'Ello, Miss? Owner: What do you mean "miss"? C: I'm sorry, I have a cold. I wish to make a complaint! O: We're closin' for lunch. C: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this parrot what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique. O: Oh yes, the, uh, the Norwegian Blue...What's,uh...What's wrong with it? C: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's wrong with it! O: No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting. C: Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now. O: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage! C: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead. O: Nononono, no, no! 'E's resting! C: All right then, if he's restin', I'll wake him up! (shouting at the cage) 'Ello, Mister Polly Parrot! I've got a lovely fresh cuttle fish for you if you show...(owner hits the cage) O: There, he moved! C: No, he didn't, that was you hitting the cage! O: I never!! C: Yes, you did! O: I never, never did anything... C: (yelling and hitting the cage repeatedly) 'ELLO POLLY!!!!! Testing! Testing! Testing! Testing! This is your nine o'clock alarm call! (Takes parrot out of the cage and thumps its head on the counter. Throws it up in the air and watches it plummet to the floor.) C: Now that's what I call a dead parrot. O: No, no.....No, 'e's stunned! C: STUNNED?!? O: Yeah! You stunned him, just as he was wakin' up! Norwegian Blues stun easily, major. The rest of the sketch can be found here: http://looney.physics.sunysb.edu/~daffy/monty/parrot.html Enjoy, Michael Bernstein.