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[Steve Holden]

"Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote in message
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> Steve wrote:
> > I thought Unix was Ken's attempt to extend the reach of
> > regular expressions to the user base?
>
> could be, could be.
>
> or maybe it was an attempt to introduce more humor into
> computing ("UNIX", "g/re/p", "dd", "biff", "awk", etc).  given
> the recent "__future__ isn't serious" brouhaha, I'm afraid
> they might have failed...
>
> Cheers /F
>
Aha! Retro Python!

    from __past__ import sense_of_humor
    sense_of_humor.install(martelli.screwdriver)

regards
 Steve