Programming newbie coming from Ruby: a few Python questions

[John Machin]

BartlebyScrivener wrote:
> Stand and fight, Python brothers. Fear not, the Ruby horde!
>
>         From this day to the ending of the world,
> 	But we in it shall be remember'd;
> 	We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
> 	For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
> 	Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
> 	This day shall gentle his condition:
> 	And gentlemen in England now a-bed
> 	Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
> 	And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
> 	That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
>

:-)
Oh I say, old chap, steady on -- it's been a long while since
Agincourt; aren't they supposed to be on your side now?
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