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Ivan Van Laningham ivanlan at callware.com
Wed Jul 21 15:49:02 EDT 1999 
Hi All--

Gordon "He's been eating those funny mushrooms again" McMillan wrote:
> 
> Ivan Van Laningham wrote:
> 
> > I couldn't find an explanation for the three-argument version of
> > pow() on DejaNews, the Python 1.5.2 docs or the Python FAQ, so I'll
> > ask now.
> >
> > Can someone explain (in simple terms, for a bear of small brain) to
> > me what the modulo argument to __pow__ is for?
> >
> >  __pow__(self,other[,modulo])
> 
> It's for the number of points on the stars that revolve around your
> head. bam() needs no such arg, because birdies all have exactly 2
> wings. socko() is no longer supported; which is probably why
> Universal Studios dropped out of the Python Consortium.
> 
> leaving-a-bunch-of-looney-tunes-behind-ly y'rs
> 

You forgot taz() and let's-kick-it-up-a-notch().  But I suppose you're
going to tell me the Food Channel dropped out of the Consortium too. ...

<you-thought-maybe-he-got-those-recipes-from-Guido?>-ly y'rs,
Ivan
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See also: 
http://www.foretec.com/python/workshops/1998-11/proceedings.html
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