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Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:46:14 +1000
Subject: Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)
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On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> The software equivalent of somebody handing you a "blank" piece of paper
> and turning it around to see if maybe there's something on the back.

Straight out of a Goon Show, that is. Heh.

ChrisA