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Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 17:36:16 +1000
Subject: Re: Language design
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> but that's not what my second example says. Look closely, and consider that
> sometimes we write "Mark's hat" and sometimes "the hat of Mark".

... and sometimes "the hat Mark's talking through", which appears to
put "hat" and "Mark's" the other way around, but is no less true.

ChrisA