[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 292, Simpler String Substitutions

Gordon McMillan gmcm@hypernet.com
Thu, 20 Jun 2002 11:43:03 -0400


On 20 Jun 2002 at 15:34, Fredrik Lundh wrote:

> gordon wrote:
> 
> > > The $ means "substitution" in so many languages
> > > besides Perl that I wonder where you've been. 
> > 
> > It doesn't mean anything in any language I *like*.
> 
> not even in american?

Where $ means "dough", which is one letter 
different from "cough" and "tough"[1]?

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[1] If you're old-fashioned enough, you
can spell "plow" as "plough", too.