Martijn Faassen m.faassen at vet.uu.nl
Thu Oct 14 19:10:17 EDT 1999

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Gordon McMillan <gmcm at hypernet.com> wrote:
> If Python were Puritan, you wouldn't have for loops. Any loop 
> can be coded as
[snip]
> The fact that "for" exists and "while" takes a condition (and 
> both take an "else" clause) is symptomatic of the 
> insidious Dutch tendency to permissiveness.

Which is why those Mayflower people left the Netherlands for North
America way back when. Too permissive. :) 

it's-okay-to-call-us-insidious-ly yours,

Martijn
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