What is Python?

[Grant Griffin]

In article <39C867B5.DFF9FFD3 at seebelow.org>, Grant says...
>
>Peter Hansen wrote:
>> 
>...
>> :), have competition in the form of much less consistent (I'm being
>> polite) languages (Perl and English) which make a point of having ten
>> different ways to say any particular thing while still remaining
>> exceptionally difficult even for fairly experienced "speakers".  (Are
>> there any native Perl speakers?  Hmm... :)

...
>We native English speakers have grown to love its idiosyncrasies for
>their charm.  However, when I first learned to read, I was very
>frustrated with the non-uniformity of its spelling.  (In fact, I had to
>chuckle a little when I first heard a few years ago that the Germans
>thought their already-highly-logical spelling needed "reform".)

Chuckle?

See: chortle, giggle, guffaw, snigger, snicker, titter, tee-hee, crow, peal,
laugh.

(Sorry, that's 11. <wink>)

thesaurus*-ly y'rs,

=g2
*for the record, I came up with all but three of those on my own. ;-)

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