Comments on: It’s like learning a new language! http://www.logophile.org/blog/2009/10/01/its-like-learning-a-new-language/ blog of a logophile (not "logos", but "λόγος") Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:21:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ryszard Szopa http://www.logophile.org/blog/2009/10/01/its-like-learning-a-new-language/comment-page-1/#comment-6961 Ryszard Szopa Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:31:26 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=749#comment-6961 <p>The nasty thing was that I was waking up after every unhandled exception, with a fading stack trace and all. However, the idea of dreaming of an interpreter gives me the creeps.</p> The nasty thing was that I was waking up after every unhandled exception, with a fading stack trace and all. However, the idea of dreaming of an interpreter gives me the creeps.

]]> By: tikitu http://www.logophile.org/blog/2009/10/01/its-like-learning-a-new-language/comment-page-1/#comment-6960 tikitu Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:27:45 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=749#comment-6960 <p>Uhoh, that's a bit extreme... there's a Lem Cyberiad story that springs to mind, where the Constructors trap a kinglet in a dream machine: inside the dream they construct a dream machine, which he enters, and so on. When he realises what's happening he starts trying to get back to the real world, but by the time he manages he's more-or-less completely insane and, thinking it's just another dream, he goes back into the machine... Which is to say, if you're going to dream Python, just make sure you don't dream a Python dream interpreter...</p> <p>Rembetika: there's a fair bit on youtube (jureilers is a Dutch guy with a selection of the good stuff). Markos Vamvakaris is a great, Vassilis Tsitsanis another. Lots of the old recordings are low quality, but more modern ones are often modern<em>ised</em> and can be pretty horrible.</p> Uhoh, that’s a bit extreme… there’s a Lem Cyberiad story that springs to mind, where the Constructors trap a kinglet in a dream machine: inside the dream they construct a dream machine, which he enters, and so on. When he realises what’s happening he starts trying to get back to the real world, but by the time he manages he’s more-or-less completely insane and, thinking it’s just another dream, he goes back into the machine… Which is to say, if you’re going to dream Python, just make sure you don’t dream a Python dream interpreter…

Rembetika: there’s a fair bit on youtube (jureilers is a Dutch guy with a selection of the good stuff). Markos Vamvakaris is a great, Vassilis Tsitsanis another. Lots of the old recordings are low quality, but more modern ones are often modernised and can be pretty horrible.

]]> By: Ryszard Szopa http://www.logophile.org/blog/2009/10/01/its-like-learning-a-new-language/comment-page-1/#comment-6959 Ryszard Szopa Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:59:38 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=749#comment-6959 <p>Hey, this rembetika thing sounds nice! Any listening recommendations for beginners?</p> <p>As for dreaming in different languages, right before going on vacation I'd been having Python dreams, and they were raising exceptions (luckily, no IOErrors)! A clear sign that I really needed some rest :)</p> Hey, this rembetika thing sounds nice! Any listening recommendations for beginners?

As for dreaming in different languages, right before going on vacation I’d been having Python dreams, and they were raising exceptions (luckily, no IOErrors)! A clear sign that I really needed some rest :)

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