Python's simplicity philosophy

[Aahz]

In article <mxTub.6341$sb4.2661 at newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
Andrew Dalke <adalke at mindspring.com> wrote:
>Paul Rubin:
>>
>> Uniq should only have to work on sorted lists.
>
>*shrug* Okay, that's different than the unix 'uniq' command.  I've
>needed the unix one more than I've needed yours.

Huh?!?!  uniq has always to my knowledge only worked on sorted input.
Reading the man page on two different systems confirms my knowledge.
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