[Python-Dev] importing .pyc-files generated by Python 1.5.2 in Python 1.6. Why not?

[Eric S. Raymond]

Peter Funk <pf@artcom-gmbh.de>:
>       (and this would also be "carrying owls to Athen" for Linux systems)
>     [I don't know whether this ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ careless translated 
>       german idiom makes any sense in english ;-) ]

There is a precise equivalent: "carrying coals to Newcastle".
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