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Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 17:41:22 +1100
Subject: Re: this afternoon's duck typing exercise ...
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> wrote:
> Sorry, little technical content here, just a newly hatched programmer:
>
> =A0duck typing, an intro
> =A0http://www.flickr.com/photos/cskk/6799351990/in/photostream/
>
> =A0duck typing, resting after the demo
> =A0http://www.flickr.com/photos/cskk/6945461405/in/photostream/

You may want to keep that away from your friendly local python, it
might not survive the integration.

Excellent non-technical explanation of a highly technical topic.

ChrisA