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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:21:46 +1000
Subject: Re: Don't feed the troll...
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 2:39 PM, alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> wrote:
> tl;dr Stop acting like a troll and we'll stop perceiving you as such.

This being Python-list, we duck-type. You don't have to declare that
you're a troll, like you would in C; you just react like a troll and
we'll treat you as one. We never ask "are you a troll", we just ask
"do you quack like a troll".

ChrisA