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Wed Nov 26 18:49:11 EST 2003 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2003-November/040455.html

Raymond Hettinger writes:
 > I'm adding section to the tutorial with a brief sampling of library
 > offerings and some short examples of how to use them.

Cool!

 > I've avoided XML because it is a can of worms and because short examples
 > don't do it justice.  OTOH, it *is* the hot topic of the day and seems
 > to be taking over the world one angle bracket at a time.

Actually, they usually travel in pairs.  ;-)

I would stay away from XML for this; there's too much there and how to
pick one thing over another isn't always obvious even when someone
explains it.

  -Fred

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Fred L. Drake, Jr.  <fdrake at acm.org>
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