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On 01/06/2014 07:01, Bob Martin wrote:
> in 722929 20140601 035727 Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
>
>> No, it's a bit like flying in a Boeing 747 rather than a Concorde. The latyer
>> may be later and more technically advanced and flew faster, but no one uses or
>> supports it.
>
> Actually, the Concorde preceded the 747, and wasn't as "technically advanced",
> it was just faster.
>

I recall Barnes Wallis slagging off the droop nose, but what did he know 
about aircraft?

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask 
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence

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