Newbie getting desperate with for

[Cameron Simpson]

On 18Feb2011 08:40, I wrote:
| On 17Feb2011 18:40, Alister Ware <alister.ware at ntlworld.com> wrote:
| | On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:42:05 +0800, Werner wrote:
| | > On 17/02/11 16:39, Chris Rebert wrote:
| | >> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:27 AM, Werner <wdahn at netfront.net> wrote:
| | >>> I have a trivially simple piece of code called timewaster.py:
| | >>> ____________________________________________________
| | >>> while True:
| [...]
| | may I ask what is the purpose of this code segment, it does not look like 
| | it would achieve much?
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Hmm, looks like maybe you meant the original python snippet.
If so, my apologies for the long misanswer.
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