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[Emile van Sebille]

"Ben Hutchings" <ben.hutchings at roundpoint.com> wrote in
message news:usnngy396.fsf at roundpoint.com...
> "Garry Knight" <garryknight at bigfoot.com> writes:
>
> > In article
<mailman.977283904.26696.python-list at python.org> "Jay
> > O'Connor" <joconnor at cybermesa.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm continuously amused that people try to take
language design
> > > forward and still drag obsolete ideas along for the
ride.
> >
> > Like having a print command that doesn't, by default,
send output
> > to the printer...  :o)
>
> I think that bug was introduced by the shift to glass
terminals.
> Would you like to use a Teletype instead?


Well, then at least return would mean something.  ;-)

But-I'd-prefer-a-TI710-hardcopy-terminal-ly y'rs

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Emile van Sebille
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