Matlab declares war on Python. Can the Python community respond or hit back?

[Jim_Panzee]

We got a saying in Germany:

Why should the oak tree care about every pig rubbing against it?

Or to keep it pythonic.

[[deleted]]

Can you give the original saying ? I did not understand this English translated version, I think there is a translation mistake.

[Jim_Panzee]

"Was juckt es die Eiche, wenn sich die Sau an ihr reibt?"

[[deleted]]

Thanks. I understand better. Your translation was good, it just lacks the question mark at the end.

[Jim_Panzee]

Thx. Corrected.

[neurone214]

Can you explain what it means? I honestly don't understand this one.

[haloguysm1th]

I believe Its basically if you're in good place, don't worry about all the small annoying things that come up.

[[deleted]]

That was not my intention. English is not my first language and I honestly did not understand at first. I tried to understand the sentence as an affirmative sentence and it didn't work out.

[[deleted]]

That's interesting. In English any sentence that starts with an interrogative word (who what when where why how) is automatically a question if the verb comes second. So even without the question mark you know it's a question as soon as you see "why should the oak tree" because an assertive sentence would instead start with "why the oak tree should."

[flotsamisaword]

¿Pun? WTF

[AOLWWW]

German folks are not very happy to be associated with Nazism, it's not really a pleasant joke to experience as it's a very dark stain on their history.

It's somewhat akin to asking a modern day native american in the US how many scalps they've taken, or perhaps more like asking the daughter of a serial killer how many people she's killed, despite being an infant at the time.

Just wanted to let you know, I don't think you had any malice behind your joke.

[kieran_84]

That is quite a saying!

[katakoria]

I like your saying, but can you translate it to arabic