• Re: Python told me a Joke (Posting On Python-List Prohibited)

    From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to Alan Bawden on Mon Sep 2 22:01:52 2024
    On Mon, 02 Sep 2024 03:55:15 -0400, Alan Bawden wrote:

    >>> x,2,z == [1,2,3]
    (1, 2, False)

    I wondered what was going on, until I realized that the three expressions making up the restult tuple are

    x
    2
    z == [1, 2, 3]

    [ Some people reading this will be tempted to explain what's really
    going on here -- it's not hard to understand. But please remember
    that a joke is never funny if you have to explain it. ]

    Damn. I always found it funny why I could never understand jokes. Now
    you’ve told me why, I can never feel that any more ...

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