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> Is there no more uu encoded data in the world?

The uu codec is provided by the binascii module. The uu module is a "high-level" interface for conversion between binary and uuencoded files ("-", paths, or file-like objects).

Basically uuencode(1) / uudecode(1) reimplemented in python.

> A programming language that throws away the past is doomed to become a passing fad.

That's complete nonsense.

> If the code is old who cares as long as it still works?

Keeping it working is a maintenance burden. Why keep it if it's worthless?



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