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| From | Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: A syntax question |
| Date | 2014-11-10 16:11 +0000 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
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On 2014-11-10, alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:44:53 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>> On 2014-11-10, David Palao <dpalao.python@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> My crystal ball is currently in for repair and is not expected back in
>>>> the foreseeable future.
>>>
>>> Without a crystal ball, this prediction might be not well founded.
>>
>> That isn't a prediction. It's an explicit statement of no prediction.
>> He said that it is "not expected back" rather than "expected not to be
>> back". They're two different things. The former asserts a _lack_ of
>> expection/prediction. The latter asserts an expectation/prediction.
>
> It was only a a joke maybe it was a bit to subtle
I know, but in c.l.p, even jokes get nicely pednatic answers.
;)
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Re: A syntax question David Palao <dpalao.python@gmail.com> - 2014-11-10 12:31 +0100
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Re: A syntax question alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-11-10 14:56 +0000
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Re: A syntax question alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-11-11 09:04 +0000
Re: A syntax question Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-11-10 16:11 +0000
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Re: A syntax question Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-11-10 14:48 -0500
Re: A syntax question Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-11-10 20:08 +0000
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