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From: Tim Rentsch
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Subject: Re: Sort of trivial code challenge - may be interesting to you anyway
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:53:22 -0700
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Lew Pitcher writes:
> On Sat, 07 Mar 2026 12:02:11 -0800, Tim Rentsch wrote:
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>> Lew Pitcher writes:
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>>> [...] I look forward to seeing /your/ code :-)
>>
>> Here we go...
>
> [snip]
>
> Brilliant!
> I bow to the master.
Thank you, it's nice to be appreciated.
> I obviously have a lot to learn
>
> Thank you, I've learned something new today.
I am glad to hear that. I expect you will have no
trouble discerning and absorbing the novel patterns
you see in my code example.