On Friday, 21 March 2014 at 19:23:34 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
On Fri, 2014-03-21 at 18:55 +0000, Frustrated wrote:
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Why not just learn the correct syntax instead of perpetuating
ignorance? Python syntax is not modern. COBOL just needs to go
away...
D syntax is of course less modern than that of Python: Python
syntax is
1980s, D syntax is rooted in C syntax which is 1970s. It is an
error to
equate the quality of a programming language with the age of
the base
syntax: D and Python are both good programming languages,
different
agreed.
Um, ALGOL was created in the early 60's of which python's spacing
scheme is based on. Just because python came out after C does not
change that. Do you think it might have been possible that
Ritchie learned the lessons of ALGOL of which Rossum spat in his
face? Some people just never learn from history...
"Python mandates a convention that programmers in ALGOL-style
languages often follow."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_syntax_and_semantics#Indentation
