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Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 01:27:36 +1000
Subject: Re: What other languages use the same data model as Python?
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 1:16 AM, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> And what do we mean by "agree"?
>
> What do we mean by "mean"?
>
> It's turtles all they down...

When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean - neither
more nor less.
-- Humpty Dumpty.

Language is for communication. If we're not using the same meanings
for words, we will have problems.

Chris Angelico
PS. By "mean", I mean average. Except when I mean mean. But now I'm
just being mean.