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Re: How to answer questions from newbies

References <roy-14A30E.10234616022014@news.panix.com> <c2078ca1-c85a-4795-8632-6b005436cc77@googlegroups.com> <roy-B38D10.11140016022014@news.panix.com> <d32fbb41-a1fa-460a-8559-72b716c23573@googlegroups.com> <85bny65x5j.fsf@benfinney.id.au>
Date 2014-02-17 13:02 +1100
Subject Re: How to answer questions from newbies
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.7080.1392602852.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Sunday, February 16, 2014 9:44:00 PM UTC+5:30, Roy Smith wrote:
>> > Moi?
>>
>> See thats the problem with re's -- just 3 letters and completely
>> incomprehensible!
>
> Actually, that's a regexp pattern that matches two *or* three letters.

It's worse if you emphasize it.

Did you say *re*?

But let's not be greedy, here.

ChrisA

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How to answer questions from newbies Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-16 10:23 -0500
  Re: How to answer questions from newbies Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-02-16 07:53 -0800
    Re: How to answer questions from newbies Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-16 11:14 -0500
      Re: How to answer questions from newbies Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-02-16 17:39 -0800
        Re: How to answer questions from newbies Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-02-17 12:46 +1100
        Re: How to answer questions from newbies Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-17 13:02 +1100
  Re: How to answer questions from newbies Tony the Tiger <tony@tiger.invalid> - 2014-02-19 22:55 +0000

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