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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 10:17:14 +1100
Subject: Re: Python is DOOMED! Again!
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On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 9:57 AM, BartC <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
> I've read most of the thread but haven't been able to figure out /why/ this
> is being proposed. What is the advantage, speed?

Have a read of the PEP:

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0484/

ChrisA