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Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 03:27:35 +1100
Subject: Re: Experiences/guidance on teaching Python as a first programming language
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 3:15 AM,  <wxjmfauth@gmail.com> wrote:
> One should recognize, with win7, MS, finally, produce
> a full unicode system. Strangely, among all the "bashing"
> one can read about that system, this is rarely mentioned.
> (With an excellent unicode coding scheme!)

[citation needed]

ChrisA