trouble building python2.4

[Tim Peters]

[Matthew Thorley]
>> I have got to be the stupidest person on the face of the planet.

[Steve Holden]
> I'll have you know I don't welcome newcomers to this newsgroup
> trying to steal my hard-won reputation, if you don't mind.

In all fairness, Matthew did present evidence to support his claim. 
For all we can tell from the above, Steve, you're merely asserting
that you enjoy unparalled stupidity, and may very well possess enough
intelligence to try reaping the benefits of others' boneheaded
mistakes through slick but empty rhetoric.

Of course the old-timers here know the truth of it, but in fairness to
Matthew you should really, say, type out the lyrics to "God Save the
Queen" a hundred or so times, and then ask why stupid Unicode doesn't
have a stupid .pop() method anyway.

god-save-our-gracious-queen-
    long-live-our-noble-queen-
    god-save-the-queen-
    send-her-victorious-
    happy-and-glorious-
    long-to-reign-over-us-
    god-save-the-queen-
    stupid-unicode-pop-ly y'rs  - tim