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Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:03:33 +0100
From: Heiko Wundram <modelnine@modelnine.org>
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Am 05.02.2012 23:15, schrieb Neal Becker:
> Heiko Wundram wrote:
>> Am 05.02.2012 12:49, schrieb Alec Taylor:
>>> Solve this problem using as few lines of code as possible[1].
>>
>> Pardon me, but where's "the problem"? If your intention is to propose "a
>> challenge", say so, and state the associated problem clearly.
>
> But this really misses the point.  Python is not about coming up with some
> clever, cryptic, one-liner to solve some problem.  It's about clear code.  If
> you want clever, cryptic, one-liner's stick with perl.

You're only allowed to bash him for one-liners as soon as he formulates 
something that in some way or another resembles a programming challenge, 
and not some incoherent listing of words without actual intent... ;-)

-- 
--- Heiko.