Python for air traffic control?

[Peter Milliken]

Sorry Alex, too old to "seek extra credits" (or need them :-)), I'll leave
that to you young(er) blokes :-).


"Alex Martelli" <aleaxit at yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Peter Milliken" <peter.milliken at gtech.com> wrote in message
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> > True, but all you are arguing here is that Python and accompanying
> toolset,
> > in it's current state, is not up to the task but could be made more
> > appropriate to the problem/situation. So, "how long is a piece of
string"?
>
> len(thestring[thestart:theend]), of course.  What else?
>
> For extra credit, explain why this need NOT equal theend-thestart...
>
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> Alex
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