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Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:41:48 -0700
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Uh oh, I think we found RR's evil twin: another python to the modern day 
visionary.
 >Example 1 is not explicit enough. Too much guessing is required by the
 >reader!
if list is empty, bla. if not, bla. it's not all that hard, and there's 
no guessing that needs to take place, honest.