Re: Why Python When There Is Perl?

On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:09:02 -0500, Physfitfreak wrote:

Prediction and knowing of the time of the year also played a role in
developing math, and was the result of agricultural needs. Plus,
managing anything that had to do with multitude of men required math.
Men began to be around themselves in great numbers when cities were
first created, again as a result of development of agriculture.

Agriculture was the downfall of the human race. Once you have people
hanging around the same place too long they figure they need a hierarchy
to run the show and the next thing you know you've got the government.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mound_Builders

Some smaller mounds were destroyed by farmers who found it inconvenient to
plow them but many remain and I've visited quite a few.

"These cultures generally had developed hierarchical societies that had an
elite. These commanded hundreds or even thousands of workers to dig up
tons of earth with the hand tools available, move the soil long distances,
and finally, workers to create the shape with layers of soil as directed
by the builders."

So why didn't the poor bastards lugging basketfuls of dirt kill the elite
and barbecue them? Or maybe they did since many of the cultures collapsed
before the Europeans arrived with their diseases. There are intrusive
burials by people who figured it was a good place to plant Granny although
they had no idea of the original builders or their intent.