mysteriously nonfunctioning script - very simple

Heiko Wundram <modelnine at ceosg.de> wrote in message news:<mailman.894.1111866786.1799.python-list at python.org>...

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> Why not try the following:
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I did try it, and it didn't work either. It appears there must be
something wrong with my computer, hopefully something benign. Thanks
anyway.

Peace,
STM