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On 22/10/2013 16:46, Ned Batchelder wrote:
>
> Could you please be less snarky?  We're trying to communicate here, and
> it is not at all clear yet who is confused and who is not.  If you are
> interested in discussing technical topics, then discuss them.
>
> --Ned.
>

Well put, particularly when considering that both Dave Angel and Steven 
D'Aprano, the targets of the snarkiness, have been regular, helpful 
contributors over many years.

-- 
Python is the second best programming language in the world.
But the best has yet to be invented.  Christian Tismer

Mark Lawrence