Dave Benjamin ramen at lackingtalent.com
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In article <3F94257A.FEE61697 at engcorp.com>, Peter Hansen wrote:
> Gerrit Holl wrote:
>> 
>> Wojtek Walczak wrote:
>> > Dnia Mon, 20 Oct 2003 12:18:31 +0200, Gerrit Holl napisa³(a):
>> > > the <> inequality test operator has been deprecated for a loooooong time.
>> > Who said that?
>> 
>> The documentation calls it obsolete:
>> """
>> <> and != are alternate spellings for the same operator. != is the preferred spelling; <> is obsolescent.
>> """
>> (http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel/lib/comparisons.html)
>> 
>> Is there a difference between obsolescent, obsolete and deprecated?
> 
> The word obsolete is deprecated; use obscolescent instead. ;-)

LOL!

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