Steven D'Aprano wrote: > It may shock some people to learn that difference in the sense of > mathematical subtraction is not the only meaning of the word, but there > it is. One wouldn't, I hope, misunderstand "What is the difference > between spaghetti marinara and spaghetti pescatora?" and attempt to > subtract one from the other, since subtraction is not defined for > foodstuffs.
>>> sum(ord(c) for c in 'spaghetti marinara') - sum(ord(c) for c in "spaghetti pescatora") -119 Works for me... ;-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
