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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 10:16:58 +1100
Subject: Re: while loop - multiple condition
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 10:04 AM, giacomo boffi <pecore@pascolo.net> wrote:
> Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> writes:
>
>> On 2014-10-12 22:16, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>>> is equivalent with
>>>
>>>     while ans.lower()[0] != 'y':
>>>          ans = input('Do you like python?')
>>
>> And still better improved with
>>
>>   while ans[:1].lower() != 'y':
>>     ans = input('Do you like python?')
>
>  yok is Turkish for an EMPHATIC NO
> (or, at least, that's what I was led to think many years ago)

Corrupted core, are you ready to start the procedure?
What do you think?
Interpreting vague answer as: Yes!

If your program misinterprets a non-English response to an English
question, that's not critical. It just means you haven't implemented
full i18n. :)

ChrisA