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On 13/12/2013 16:27, Chris Angelico wrote:
> 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
>

You'll have to wait until the cows come home on two counts.  One, he's 
never yet provided any evidence to support any statement that he's ever 
made here.  Second, he's still not smart enough to stop sending double 
spaced google crap.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask 
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence