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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 23:25:25 +1100
Subject: Re: LBYL vs EAFP
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:04 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> py> isinstance(NAN, Number)
> True

Does that line of code count as nerd humour?

ChrisA