Python and generic programming

[Carl Banks]

Richie Hindle <richie at entrian.com> wrote in message news:<mailman.6681.1101114457.5135.python-list at python.org>...
> [Isaac]
> > [...] my post didn't make
> > sense even to myself.  So I cancel that post a minute after making it,
> > although apparently my cancel posting didn't go as far as my response.
> 
> The comp.lang.python newsgroup is mirrored by the python-list at python.org
> mailing list, so canceling a message often won't work for the mailing list
> subscribers.  Your original message will already have been sent out by
> email by the time your cancel message gets through.

Also, Google ignores cancel requests.  If the article makes it to
Google's news server, which it likely will in a matter of seconds,
you're out of luck.  Probably the only thing cancel's good for these
days is _immediately_ recalling an incomplete message that you
accidentally clicked post on.

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CARL BANKS