Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Even *soup stock* fits the same profile as what Hendrik claims is almost unique to programming. On its own, soup stock is totally useless. But you make it, now, so you can you feed it into something else later on.Or instant coffee.
I think I'll avoid coming to your house for a cup of coffee. :-) --Scott David Daniels scott.dani...@acm.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list