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From: Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com>
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Subject: Re: Arithmetic with Boolean values
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:29:16 -0400
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On Sunday 12 August 2012 20:27:13 Alister did opine:

> On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 19:20:26 +0100, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> > On 12/08/2012 17:59, Paul Rubin wrote:
> >>> which can be simplified to:
> >> 
> >>> for x in range(len(L)//2 + len(L)%2):
> >> for x in range(sum(divmod(len(L), 2))): ...
> > 
> > So who's going to be first in with "and thou shalt not count to 4..."?
> 
> Five is right out

Can some smart ass (like me) suggest 69!

If it doesn't get summarily tossed, it could take a week or so to run. :-)

Cheers, Gene
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