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On Sun, 22 May 2011 15:39:33 -0700, Tim Roberts wrote:

> That IS funny.  Interesting how a careful choice of arugments will fool us.
> One of my favorite math jokes is like that.  A teacher asked a student to
> reduce the following fraction: 
>   16
>  ----
>   64
> 
> He says "all I have to do is cancel out the sixes, so the answer is 1/4".

Not Python, but:

	#define SIX  1 + 5
	#define NINE 8 + 1
	...
	printf("six times nine is: %d\n", SIX * NINE);

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and becomes or and or becomes and Stef Mientki <stef.mientki@gmail.com> - 2011-05-22 21:23 +0200
  Re: and becomes or and or becomes and Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-05-22 23:57 +0200
    Re: and becomes or and or becomes and Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-05-22 18:14 -0400
  Re: and becomes or and or becomes and Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2011-05-22 15:39 -0700
    Re: and becomes or and or becomes and Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 09:28 +1000
    Re: and becomes or and or becomes and Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-23 00:30 +0000
      Re: and becomes or and or becomes and rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 08:30 -0700
        Re: and becomes or and or becomes and bch <bch.itbgcthate@gmail.com> - 2011-05-28 05:27 -0700
          Re: and becomes or and or becomes and Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-28 22:50 +1000
    Re: and becomes or and or becomes and Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-05-28 14:31 +0100
      Re: and becomes or and or becomes and Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-29 00:04 +1000

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