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On Friday, February 8, 2013 12:27:09 AM UTC-6, Michael Torrie wrote:
> On 02/07/2013 11:16 PM, Rick Johnson wrote:
> > He is so accustomed to "guessing" that it has become second nature
> > for him.
> 
> I think most of us are guessing as to what you're talking about since
> you're responding to a 7 month old thread that I think most people have
> long since deleted from their e-mail or nntp readers.

Well i know this thread is quite old however i never got a chance to provide a response due to heavy work loads. I feel this subject is very important for the python language, hence my late replies.