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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 05:27:37 +1000
Subject: Re: Python handles globals badly.
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 5:20 AM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 09/09/2015 18:59, William Ray Wing wrote:
>> Right.  Note that the Arabs, who DID invent zero, still count from one.
>
> Would you please provide a citation to support your claim as this
> http://www.livescience.com/27853-who-invented-zero.html disagrees.

There will be no such citation, because it's well known that zero was
invented by the jungle natives of Papua New French Guiana.

http://www.jumbojoke.com/high_tech_natives.html

ChrisA