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On 29/09/2013 22:15, Denis McMahon wrote:
>
> Nick, you have now spent 4 days arguing over a minor coding problem that
> you were given solutions to on the first day, primarily because you feel
> that the solutions you are being offend some programming aesthetic you
> have.
>
> I suggest that it's time for you to re-evaluate what you want from this
> ng, and indeed what language you want to code in if your perl "minimal
> code possible" aesthetic is so important to you.
>
> If you want good python code, then stop telling everyone here that their
> working solutions are wrong and should be more like your dysfunctional
> code, and use the solutions you are given.
>
> If you want to write minimalist perl code, then stop using python and use
> perl.
>
> In either case, you need to stop arguing with people who are offering you
> solutions to your problems solely based on the fact that you don't like
> their coding styles.
>
> You are the one who comes here asking for solutions. Either accept the
> solutions you are offered, or stop asking for them.
>

+googol

-- 
Cheers.

Mark Lawrence