python coding contest

[Tim Hochberg]

Remi Villatel wrote:
> André Malo wrote:
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>>>is two lines and 347 characters ugly enough to win?
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>>Nope. 3 lines / 179 chars here >:->
>>Yes, it's quite unreadable.
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> I'm in for the second place with 4 lines / 228 chars.
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>>(The problem is that I need to find an internet cafe on 28/29th in order to
>>be able to submit)
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> Do your best! I'd really like to see your code. Right now, 179 chars 
> doesn't seem enough for me to write a "Hello world".  ;-)
> 

I'm down to below 160 characters at this point. And 9 lines, so 22 of 
those characters are leading white space or returns :( I'd really like 
to get down to 150, but I'm having a hard time figuring where I can do 
any more compaction.

-tim