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QOTW:  "One of the reasons for Python's continue march towards world domina-
tion (allow me my fantasies) is its consistent simplicity. Those last two
words would be my candidate for the definition of 'Pythonicity'." - Steve
Holden
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/e2518ea8388ca1c5

    
    The last Release Candidate (RC3) for Python 3.0 is available
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/fbb62e9c9a08c817/

    Survey: which dynamic features of Python do you use most?
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/bdb39a1a4947cdd8/

    Beginners looking for problems/challenges/exercises to do:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/2b8a0b4ffdbdffbf/

    Call-by-Object strikes again! This time, a functional mind asks why
    unrelated functions are allowed to modify the internal state of an object:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/35511397ad7748cc/

    How to detect whether a dictionary has been modified
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/3632f2407640e759/

    Function default arguments are only evaluated when the function is
    defined.  Is it intuitive? Ways to change the current behaviour.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/2e01cc9ce899eb6e/
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/1209ebf18a5ec561/

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