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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to Thomas Koenig   
   Re: Number Literal Syntax   
   25 Feb 24 20:21:27   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 25 Feb 2024 18:57:13 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote:   
      
   > So, I think we should ask latecomers like Python to change.   
      
   Python could. It already has implicit concatenation of string literals; it   
   could do the same for numerics.   
      
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