Using Python instead of Bash

[Laura Creighton]

In a message of Mon, 01 Jun 2015 18:44:01 +0200, Cecil Westerhof writes:
>Op Monday 1 Jun 2015 17:44 CEST schreef Laura Creighton:
>
>> In a message of Mon, 01 Jun 2015 12:44:34 +0200, Cecil Westerhof
>> writes:
>>> Also the funny thing is that I first scanned it. But it gave
>>> several problems. One of them was that it is a format between A4
>>> and A5. Taking pictures is faster and gives better results.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Cecil Westerhof
>>> Senior Software Engineer
>>> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof
>>
>> My irony detector may be on the fritz today, but, well, if you run
>> into some weird format between A4 and A5, you probably have a USA
>> size. see:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size#North_American_paper_sizes
>
>Nope, the dimensions are 177 mm x 227 mm.
>
>-- 
>Cecil Westerhof
>Senior Software Engineer
>LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof
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Truly?  That's (very close to) 7 inch by 9 inch, 177.8 mm x 228.6 mm
and 7 by 9 is what pre-metric Britian called 'Small Post Quarto'.
I wonder if this merely a coincidence, or does some software really
still like this size?  How very weird.

Laura