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> Used often in the business world, this incredibly versatile phrase can be literally translated as "fuck it."

Edit: tongue-in-cheek

Well; that's not what I meant when I said it. I would love to see PEP 380 in, but I think that the possible benefits of this moratorium outweigh the usefulness of a new feature only a relatively small populace of users will use over the next two years.

Remember, well above 90% of the users out there are still on 2.4 and 2.5 - even if pep 380 went in, it would more than likely be in 3k only (a few years from widespread adoption anyway) and in a release OS vendors won't ship for a few years.

Are there some sort of studies or statistics out there regarding adoption of different versions? I'd be interested to see them.

the phrase "it is what it is" does not mean "fuck it", but rather "i accept this is beyond my control".

That is also one (colloquial) interpretation (but not the literal interpretation) of "fuck it."

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