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Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:33:31 +0000
From: Andrew Robinson <andrew3@r3dsolutions.com>
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Errata, I made a tyepopeo in the middle of the night:

eg:"""Python evaluates right to left; this is semantically an iterator 
giving a[1],a[2],a[5],a[11]"""

Sigh:  Python Iterates from left to right;

--Andrew.