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I think thewhitetulip has GvR's blessing[0]. It makes sense, though:

  There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
  Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
The guy's handle is thewhitetulip, which is the most Dutch thing I can think of.

[0]: https://twitter.com/gvanrossum/status/112670605505077248



I am not Dutch, the handle is thewhitetulip because of a TV show called Fringe, where in the protagonist asks God for a sign of forgiveness, a white tulip.


Funny, I guess he's changed his mind.


What's so funny? I made a mistake and you and the others pointed it out & I fixed it.

Plus, triple quoted strongs are either strings or docstrings not comments, isn't rectifying mistakes good?


Hmm? I was talking about Guido changing his mind.

I guess it was an ambiguous pronoun reference. Sorry about that.




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