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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:02:07 -0700
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Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 2:34 AM, Steven D'Aprano
> <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
>> Of course, if they try to sell themselves as having
>> five years experience with Python 3.2...
> 
> ... then they've been borrowing Guido's time machine for personal purposes.

Reminds me of a job posting a few years ago where the prospective 
employer wanted three plus years experience in some language, and that 
language had only been created a year and a half before.

~Ethan~