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Ianæ–¼ 2012å¹´9月22日星期å…*UTC+8下å�ˆ2時23分43秒 寫é�“：
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Steven D'Aprano
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> <steve+> wrote:
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> > On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:49:55 -0600, Ian Kelly wrote:
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> >> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 1:54 PM, 88888 Dihedral
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> >> <> wrote:
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> >>> I don't think functional aspects are only marked as lazy programming.
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> >>
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> >> He wrote "lazy evaluation", not "lazy programming". Two entirely
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> >> different things.
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> >
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> >
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> > For the record, the consensus here is that 88888 Dihedral is probably a
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> > bot. It appears to be a pretty good bot, I haven't spotted it making any
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> > egregious or obvious grammatical mistakes, but the semantics of its posts
>
> > don't seem quite human.
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>
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> I'm aware of that, although sometimes the posts seem coherent enough
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> that I think maybe it's not. Especially the ones where it posts
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> almost-working code snippets, complete with obvious typos.
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>
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> Then it posts a complete non sequitur like the reply to my reply in
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> this thread, and the illusion is shattered.

Do you want to use the lisp way for implementing functional programming?

Ianæ–¼ 2012å¹´9月22日星期å…*UTC+8下å�ˆ2時23分43秒 寫é�“：
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Steven D'Aprano
>
> <steve+> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:49:55 -0600, Ian Kelly wrote:
>
> >
>
> >> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 1:54 PM, 88888 Dihedral
>
> >> <> wrote:
>
> >>> I don't think functional aspects are only marked as lazy programming.
>
> >>
>
> >> He wrote "lazy evaluation", not "lazy programming". Two entirely
>
> >> different things.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > For the record, the consensus here is that 88888 Dihedral is probably a
>
> > bot. It appears to be a pretty good bot, I haven't spotted it making any
>
> > egregious or obvious grammatical mistakes, but the semantics of its posts
>
> > don't seem quite human.
>
>
>
> I'm aware of that, although sometimes the posts seem coherent enough
>
> that I think maybe it's not. Especially the ones where it posts
>
> almost-working code snippets, complete with obvious typos.
>
>
>
> Then it posts a complete non sequitur like the reply to my reply in
>
> this thread, and the illusion is shattered.

Do you want to use the lisp way for implementing functional programming?

[ Ian Kelly wrote on Sat 22.Sep'12 at 0:22:43 -0600 ]

> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Steven D'Aprano
> <steve+> wrote:
> > On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:49:55 -0600, Ian Kelly wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 1:54 PM, 88888 Dihedral
> >> <> wrote:
> >>> I don't think functional aspects are only marked as lazy programming.
> >>
> >> He wrote "lazy evaluation", not "lazy programming". Two entirely
> >> different things.
> >
> >
> > For the record, the consensus here is that 88888 Dihedral is probably a
> > bot. It appears to be a pretty good bot, I haven't spotted it making any
> > egregious or obvious grammatical mistakes, but the semantics of its posts
> > don't seem quite human.
>
> I'm aware of that, although sometimes the posts seem coherent enough
> that I think maybe it's not. Especially the ones where it posts
> almost-working code snippets, complete with obvious typos.
>
> Then it posts a complete non sequitur like the reply to my reply in
> this thread, and the illusion is shattered.

I find this intriguing, I had no idea bots existed to post to mailing
lists in this way. What's the point of them?

On 2012.09.22 02:08, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote:
> I find this intriguing, I had no idea bots existed to post to mailing
> lists in this way. What's the point of them?

To amuse their owners is my guess.
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CPython 3.3.0rc2 | Windows NT 6.1.7601.17835

On Saturday, 22 September 2012 12:50:08 UTC+5:30, Andrew Berg wrote:
> On 2012.09.22 02:08, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote:
>
> > I find this intriguing, I had no idea bots existed to post to mailing
>
> > lists in this way. What's the point of them?
>
>
>
> To amuse their owners is my guess.
>
> --
>
> CPython 3.3.0rc2 | Windows NT 6.1.7601.17835

The bot could be used for automatic replies for duplicate posts (common questions are quite often repeated)

On Saturday, 22 September 2012 12:50:08 UTC+5:30, Andrew Berg wrote:
> On 2012.09.22 02:08, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote:
>
> > I find this intriguing, I had no idea bots existed to post to mailing
>
> > lists in this way. What's the point of them?
>
>
>
> To amuse their owners is my guess.
>
> --
>
> CPython 3.3.0rc2 | Windows NT 6.1.7601.17835

The bot could be used for automatic replies for duplicate posts (common questions are quite often repeated)