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Re:What's Coming in Python 3.8 by knome on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @08:35PM (#20465504)
"resistance-to-change for-no-reason" vs "resistance-to change-for-no-reason" :)
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Re:What's Coming in Python 3.8 by DangitBobby on Thursday July 18, 2019 @12:22PM (#20471391)
This is possibly the best example of the ambiguity of language I've ever seen. Two contradictory meanings expressed in the exact same phrase, and both of them are valid in the broader context.
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Re:What's Coming in Python 3.8 by ByThyGrace on Thursday July 18, 2019 @07:54AM (#20468815)
Jeez. What number of people who read the same phrase with either of those two meanings then continue to form opinions and even make decisions based on the resulting meaning?
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