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Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 16:08:44 +0100
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On 30 June 2013 15:58, Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
> Chris, i'm sorry, but your challenge is decades too late. If you seek amu=
sement you need look no further than the Python stdlib. If you REALLY want =
to be amused, peruse the "idlelib" -- not only is the code obfuscated, it a=
lso breaks PEP8 and the PYTHON ZEN many times over.

To translate: Not only is the code impossible to read, inefficient and
unmaintainable whilst being only shallowly correct, but, *GASP* it
sometimes *breaks* semi-arbitrary code *style* *suggestions*! How dare it!=
=E2=80=BD