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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Why Python When There Is Perl?
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 05:33:05 -0000 (UTC)
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On 5 Apr 2024 05:09:07 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Apr 2024 02:36:17 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> Yes. More reliable food supply. More varied sources of food and other
>> goods by trade. Greater chance of surviving medical conditions and
>> disabilities that would have immediately meant death for nomads--that
>> alone showed you that they had an easier life.
> 
> Do you think the laborers building the pyramids had an easier life?

Yup. Remember, they were doing it during the off-season, when there wasn’t 
any farming work to do. There is graffiti in the Pyramids recording the 
rivalry between teams--it was like a sporting competition, to see who was 
better at moving those blocks.

The Ancient Egyptians had an easier life than their less civilized 
neighbours.