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Subject: Re: Show off your Python chops and compete with others
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On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 12:55 PM, John Ladasky
<john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 4:00:57 PM UTC-8, Nathaniel Sokoll-Ward wr=
ote:
>> Thought this group would appreciate this: www.metabright.com/challenges/=
python
>
> I have to concur with what several other people are saying here.  Several=
 of MetaBright's questions are ambiguously worded, or expect non-idiomatic =
Python code.  It might be helpful for you to ask (hire?) some seasoned Pyth=
on programmers to critique your questions.

No need to hire anyone, just posting the questions here will generate
exactly such a critique - as evidenced by this thread :)

ChrisA