The first order of business is to continue the #CAQBS...

Premier Fréchette to renew #notwithstandingclause on Québec's language law: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-notwithstanding-clause-9.7188161 #CAQASTROPHE #CAQ #polQC #QCpoli #assnat #languagewars #beingbilingualisnotabadthing

Note for Python detractors...

If you post a public diatribe against Python - which is your right, go ahead and express yourself - but your centerpiece is "Python is slow!", you're marking yourself out as (a) not knowing Python very well, and (b) hating it because you don't understand it.

It's the more modern cousin to "Python sucks because I can't (not) indent to my taste! Significant whitespace, yuck!". It makes it very difficult to take any of the rest of your complaint seriously.

(Significant whitespace has been shown to result in less opportunity for confusion when reading code, and you spend a lot more time reading code than you do writing it.)

And while Python may be slower for some tasks compared to some other languages, it's (a) not outrageously slow, and (b) a case of use the right tool for the job. I can't trim my lawn quickly at all with my pinking shears, but that doesn't mean pinking shears are "slow".

So please, write your analysis - but make it deeper than "argh it sux i hate it i hate it" if you want anyone to actually consider your argument.

#python #rant #diatribe #whitespace #argument #LanguageWars #RightToolForTheRightJob

NO ONE EVER ASKED FOR THIS #CAQASTROPHE.

Québec's language law may force music gear off store shelves...

And, how long before Québec cannot reach anglophone websites to purchase anything...

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-s-language-law-may-force-music-gear-off-store-shelves-1.7058622 #polQC #QCpoli #assnat #languagewars #cdnpoli #polcan

As a part of a learning exercise, I have been trying my hand at writing a parser for a local data format in Rust. It’s been interesting and enlightening. I do wish Rust had a more robust standard library (I don’t want to adjudicate third-party crates for batteries included functionality).

No #LanguageWars; thank you!

(I am familiar with the format like the back of my hand, and could recite an efficient implementation in Go using the standard library alone.)

I tire of this BS.

You know, there's also a Spanish week... a German week... a Dutch week... an Italian week... etc., etc., etc.

Québec politicians rail against 'English week' at Québec CEGEP where learning English is promoted for 5 days... https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-politicians-rail-against-english-week-at-quebec-cegep-1.6559529 #languagewars #BS #assnat #polQC #QCpoli #cdnpoli #polcan #caqastrophe #caqism

I never understood why would any artists, who sing in English, come to Québec with its perverse language laws, anti-fabric BS, etc.?

Fans of those who do not tour through Québec will go to Toronto, or Ottawa, etc. to see such shows...

If you think this has nothing to do w/ #CAQists, or #CAQidiocy, I don't think you're paying attention to #CAQastrophic policies.

https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/taylor-swift-skips-montreal-as-she-announces-canadian-tour-dates #antifabric #racism #xenophobia #BS #languagewars

The language wars wage on with their strife
As new terms bring fear from life
"Bodies with vaginas"
Is an example of things
That empower the right and cause strife

#languagewars #vocabulary #inclusivelanguage #empowerment #limerick #poetry

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/opinion/inclusive-language-vocabulary.html