[Python-Dev] Re: PEP239 (Rational Numbers) Reference Implementation and new issues (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Thu, 03 Oct 2002 14🔞59 +1200 (NZST)

Andrew Koenig <ark@research.att.com>:

A one-l lama is a priest, A two-l llama is a beast, But I'll bet you a silk pyjama There isn't any three-l lllama.

--Ogden Nash PS: When I first saw this poem, it was accompanied by a claim (in a footnote) that a three-l lllama is a substantial conflagration.

:-) !!!

I have a vision of an obscure corner of Tibet featuring an order of special firefighting lamas, ready at a moment's notice to jump on their llamas and race off to do battle with a lllama...

And whenever I see "1/3" now I'm going to want to pronouce it "one lama three". What have you done to me?

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