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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:26:05 -0600
Subject: Re: Stupid ways to spell simple code
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On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, I cannot seriously imagine that the stdlib does anything like
> the example I gave :) Pity nobody else is offering further examples, I
> thought this might be a fun thread.

Well, there is the "this" module.  But its code is not *that*
obfuscated, and maintainability is not really an issue there since it
is short and does nothing of actual importance.