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On 21/08/2014 22:15, Ben Finney wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> writes:
>

[War and Peace snipped]

Frankly I think this entire debate has rapidly descended to the level of 
farce.  Can we move on please?

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

Mark Lawrence