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From: Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
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Subject: Re: How security holes happen
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:01:08 +0200
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Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info>:

> On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 08:37:42 +0200, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>> If you had tried Python 30 years ago, you'd give it up for any
>> serious work because it would be so slow and consume so much memory.
>
> /facepalm
>
> Python is only 23 years old,

Some explorers roamed in Siberia around 1900 and encountered small
nations with undocumented languages. They stayed with the people for
some time and tried to record the basic vocabulary and grammar. The
dialog sometimes went like this:

  - In your language, is it correct to say, "I went fishing yesterday."

  - No.

  - What's wrong with it?

  - I didn't go fishing yesterday.


Marko