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On 08/04/2011 08:25, Chris Angelico wrote:
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> I don't know what's the most Pythonesque option, but if you already
> have specific Python code for each of your functions, it's probably
> going to be easiest to spawn threads for them all.
>
"Pythonesque" refers to "Monty Python's Flying Circus". The word you
want is "Pythonic".