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From: Robert Klemme on 19 Feb 2010 16:13 On 19.02.2010 18:36, Mike Schilling wrote: > Robert Klemme wrote: >> May I throw in another language? In German we have masculine, >> feminine and neuter. Also, I believe not the oracle was male or >> female: the voices of the oracle were female. Which gives a certain >> indication as to the gender of Python. But what does it tell us >> about the gender of PL/SQL? In German coffee is male so Java might >> be male as well... > > Though if you created a subset of Java, say for teaching children to > program, it would be neuter, assuming it's called Javalein or Javachen. Isn't that "JavaScript"? robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/
From: Mike Schilling on 19 Feb 2010 17:02 "Robert Klemme" <shortcutter(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message news:7u8d8sFvfqU2(a)mid.individual.net... > On 19.02.2010 18:36, Mike Schilling wrote: >> Robert Klemme wrote: >>> May I throw in another language? In German we have masculine, >>> feminine and neuter. Also, I believe not the oracle was male or >>> female: the voices of the oracle were female. Which gives a certain >>> indication as to the gender of Python. But what does it tell us >>> about the gender of PL/SQL? In German coffee is male so Java might >>> be male as well... >> >> Though if you created a subset of Java, say for teaching children to >> program, it would be neuter, assuming it's called Javalein or Javachen. > > Isn't that "JavaScript"? JavaScript and Java are wholly unrelated, except for their names.
From: Robert Klemme on 21 Feb 2010 08:49
On 02/19/2010 11:02 PM, Mike Schilling wrote: > "Robert Klemme" <shortcutter(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message > news:7u8d8sFvfqU2(a)mid.individual.net... >> On 19.02.2010 18:36, Mike Schilling wrote: >>> Robert Klemme wrote: >>>> May I throw in another language? In German we have masculine, >>>> feminine and neuter. Also, I believe not the oracle was male or >>>> female: the voices of the oracle were female. Which gives a certain >>>> indication as to the gender of Python. But what does it tell us >>>> about the gender of PL/SQL? In German coffee is male so Java might >>>> be male as well... >>> Though if you created a subset of Java, say for teaching children to >>> program, it would be neuter, assuming it's called Javalein or Javachen. >> Isn't that "JavaScript"? > > JavaScript and Java are wholly unrelated, except for their names. There, got you! :-)) robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/ |