Re: Old matplotlib animation now fails

rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote or quoted:

You have to understand Stefan tries to use American slang, not always
entirely accurately. I think 'bee's knees' died out around 1931.

  There's some wild connections between Python and slang.
  In the streets, folks might drop a "That's bonkers as f!",
  and wouldn't ya know it, Python's rockin' the same vibe:

with open( "data", "rb" )as f:

  . I'd wager that when you open a file "as f", it's probably packing
  more of a punch or running like a cheetah on Red Bull or something!