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		middus on July 25, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Guido van Rossum: Before Python And his use of parentheses is different than I expected: (blabla :-) vs (blabla :-))

jedi_stannis on July 25, 2011 | [–]

Relevant XKCD: http://xkcd.com/541/

CrazedGeek on July 26, 2011 | | [–]

I usually do the second way, but put a space between the emoticon and parenthesis (like so :) )

bdesimone on July 25, 2011 | [–]

<insert lisp joke here>

kirubakaran on July 25, 2011 | [–]

(cons "lisp joke" here)

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