The point of this exercise is to compare how either ruby or python can implement perl's default behavior when dealing with hashes. Since these are bread and butter of scripting, having a MEH class handy can enable fast semantically equivalent translation. This can be beneficial for demonstrating feasibility of migrating to python. Instead of debating philosophical justifications, I rather wonder what's the most appropriate pythonic way to solve the problem as stated.
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