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Mathematicians never used bash. Most of them didn't even touched the command line 10 years ago. I'm not the one misinterpreting.

DonHopkins 4y ago
It's pretty clear and not subject to interpretation that I never claimed mathematicians ever used bash, but just the opposite: they use Python instead. Bash is an easy way to plug other code together, but it's terrible for math. Python is a much better way to plug other code together, and it's much better at math.
ac2u 4y ago
>I'm not the one misinterpreting. Yes you are. Forget the technical debate for a minute, the failure is in that you've misinterpreted the semantics of: X is Y for Z Y in this instance doesn't mean a tool/service historically used by Group Z, it's to illustrate that tool Y helped another unlisted group immensely. Hence, the typical "this tool is Uber for..." way of trying to help people understand a startup.
- DonHopkins 4y ago
  If your argument requires me to "forget the technical debate for a minute" (and why should I?), and also you're nit picking at semantics with your own arbitrary definitions and personal interpretations, without any links or citations to back yourself up, you're really out on a limb there. Do you really believe that I don't know what Python is good for after using it for over 20 years, working with clients including mathematicians, game designers, ai researchers, and my own personal open source projects like SimCity/Micropolis? https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/tree/master/MicropolisCore/src/pyMicropolis https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/tree/master/Micropol... https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/tree/master/MicropolisCore/src/MicropolisEngine/python https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/tree/master/Micropol... https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/tree/master/MicropolisCore/src/MicropolisEngine/swig https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/tree/master/Micropol... https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/tree/master/MicropolisCore/src/MicropolisEngine/doc https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/tree/master/Micropol... How many years have you been using Python for, and for what? Have some links you want to share to prove what you're saying?
  - ac2u 4y ago
    I'm responding to the other person. Hence why the first line of my post is quoting them.

DonHopkins 4y ago

It's pretty clear and not subject to interpretation that I never claimed mathematicians ever used bash, but just the opposite: they use Python instead. Bash is an easy way to plug other code together, but it's terrible for math. Python is a much better way to plug other code together, and it's much better at math.

ac2u 4y ago

>I'm not the one misinterpreting. Yes you are. Forget the technical debate for a minute, the failure is in that you've misinterpreted the semantics of: X is Y for Z Y in this instance doesn't mean a tool/service historically used by Group Z, it's to illustrate that tool Y helped another unlisted group immensely. Hence, the typical "this tool is Uber for..." way of trying to help people understand a startup.

DonHopkins 4y ago
If your argument requires me to "forget the technical debate for a minute" (and why should I?), and also you're nit picking at semantics with your own arbitrary definitions and personal interpretations, without any links or citations to back yourself up, you're really out on a limb there. Do you really believe that I don't know what Python is good for after using it for over 20 years, working with clients including mathematicians, game designers, ai researchers, and my own personal open source projects like SimCity/Micropolis? https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/tree/master/MicropolisCore/src/pyMicropolis https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/tree/master/Micropol... https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/tree/master/MicropolisCore/src/MicropolisEngine/python https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/tree/master/Micropol... https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/tree/master/MicropolisCore/src/MicropolisEngine/swig https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/tree/master/Micropol... https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/tree/master/MicropolisCore/src/MicropolisEngine/doc https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis/tree/master/Micropol... How many years have you been using Python for, and for what? Have some links you want to share to prove what you're saying?
- ac2u 4y ago
  I'm responding to the other person. Hence why the first line of my post is quoting them.