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Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 23:32:12 -0700
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On 10/23/2013 09:57 PM, Peter Cacioppi wrote:
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> Moreover, you get a lot of the good stuff with 2.7.

And the "good stuff" in 2.7 makes it easier to take that last step to 3.x when the time comes to do so.

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~Ethan~