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Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:48:45 +1100
Subject: Re: Using the Python Interpreter as a Reference
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:33:21 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> What's your language's "special feature"? I like to keep track of
>> languages using a "slug" - a simple one-sentence (or less) statement of
>> when it's right to use this language above others. For example, Python
>> is optimized for 'rapid deployment'.
>
> "Python will save the world"
>
> http://proyectojuanchacon.blogspot.com/2010/07/saving-world-with-python.html

I don't think Python has a hard disk big enough to save all of it...

ChrisA