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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:24:23 +1000
Subject: Re: New to Python - block grouping (spaces)
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On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> Prestige of Unix development environment keeps us stuck with text files when
> the world has moved on

And what, pray, would we gain by using non-text source code? Aside
from binding ourselves to a set of tools, which would create an even
worse lock-in?

ChrisA