Difference between " and '
Peter Hansen
peter at engcorp.com
Fri Jul 22 08:38:28 EDT 2005
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> It may shock some people to learn that difference in the sense of
> mathematical subtraction is not the only meaning of the word, but there
> it is. One wouldn't, I hope, misunderstand "What is the difference
> between spaghetti marinara and spaghetti pescatora?" and attempt to
> subtract one from the other, since subtraction is not defined for
> foodstuffs.
>>> sum(ord(c) for c in 'spaghetti marinara') - sum(ord(c) for c in
"spaghetti pescatora")
-119
Works for me... ;-)
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