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Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 19:13:40 +1000
Subject: Re: Uniform Function Call Syntax (UFCS)
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On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:25:33 +0300, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>
>> In a word,
>> Python has predefined a handful of *generic functions/methods*,
>
>
> That's nine words :-)

I'll explain in two words: We propose to marry your daughters.

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