Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Chris Angelico Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: [beginner] What's wrong? Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 01:55:25 +1100 Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <99234e90-fcd4-4a05-b97f-b47228dde20c@googlegroups.com> <1459571270.714249.566352882.6ADCD0CC@webmail.messagingengine.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de ryABRZXXqPsmu/UWay0EYQXkJzb6nHdXpv1zoHniQYaA== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.010 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:: [': 0.03; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.09; 'survive': 0.09; 'unicode,': 0.09; 'python': 0.10; '1:48': 0.16; '2016': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'identifiers.': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'subject:beginner': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'subject:] ': 0.19; 'cc:2**0': 0.20; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.20; 'am,': 0.23; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'btw,': 0.29; 'url:wikipedia': 0.29; 'url:wiki': 0.30; 'michael': 0.33; 'lets': 0.33; 'languages': 0.34; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'could': 0.35; 'there': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'received:209.85': 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'received:209.85.213': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.38; 'why': 0.39; 'url:en': 0.39; 'letters': 0.67; 'finally': 0.70; 'chrisa': 0.84; 'fortunately,': 0.84; 'prayer': 0.84; "they'd": 0.84; 'to:none': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:cc :content-transfer-encoding; bh=LyJ1EZINObPIofQVRjdDEpFMwOWurfuMkeH1IQMc7w8=; b=vds1I5RIDu6tuhxOYX/pBpgRmWiKs8CfqfDBUO2sbwHsDRSIoEPasobyjd8UHjS6dD qoch8BBSIyUfVZOSM3RXzwmEGNrisCijiD8Qak8FpWaoYRZ2+HzvzjLHTAh6dEbRpPvp ZBBKSHHrtJSmZBXZafPDE9ZUTnxSu7i7/ZrAYZ9iMn+UYnKhZlPmqTRNNoX/GSKJmhv2 yYs+iSrBGPf47dvpel7/wB8KvROlN8qkmsGh2JiIWKJGk7Xup+OA3L2G2KArs8BinKnZ zmCajrtGRiddUnAr9g9ng6CNr27KJuXsdiaFUDe3WfBAaLJy+HSRDlYN1zwZ65mnV5/F Pghw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=LyJ1EZINObPIofQVRjdDEpFMwOWurfuMkeH1IQMc7w8=; b=R9DGzee29+aTigVwnJG70gFtnO+eRHmIsPeT7zgnVRaTJnVO2AIJTPLTcyijIOVuL+ Izt/z5PmwMvOw9E4aMESGXk4x+oeKvkvpiB5Htr7fzUHkv5F0Iy7NRwhDylcThW6iVGQ HcaI0SAC/zneTjukZfrGgcLd9vGyStuBEG1AtnuZkqcRMyypCChU5lo0TP5mAQLSnNf2 LHHwUVFp+tu8o1DuCjgB5DjoomEwc1buaEL6jrfxTuwjg+LTB1/VS2uOivpQo5e1x2AE JEgbqtjgeJ33TM4uXcIEzrXat6M5HgTUS+ygdy04DI5oHxUwVVbwxlOzQ0mpwUme+WQB Rk9g== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJJL25FuXe4YCGjqK+ux7ZdDnCUvLF+kjp0A5oo2RQ4Xe6KwfWsAwzKcFgR7Ffake8dJlsxf7aaTkBsz4g== X-Received: by 10.51.17.34 with SMTP id gb2mr3767866igd.13.1459608925302; Sat, 02 Apr 2016 07:55:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:106288 On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 1:48 AM, Michael Selik wro= te: > If they'd only used Unicode, they could have said "=C3=BEou" in prayer an= d > "=C3=B0ousand" for the year. > > BTW, I finally know why there are all those "Ye Olde ...". > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter) Yep! And the letters (thorn and eth) survive in a very few languages (Icelandic, notably). Fortunately, Python 3 lets you use it in identifiers. ChrisA