agree. I have no difficulty from C++ to Python.
>From: Sean Reifschneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [EUG-LUG:839] Re: python vs. perl (was Re: distro #2 : packages)
>Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 15:27:50 -0700
>
>I would assert that white-space is significant in *ALL* programming
>languages, wether or not the *TOOLS* that process a language care about it.
>This is because the indentation provides so much information to the
>programmer. The first thing I'll do when I get some badly formatted code
>that I need to understand is fix it, because it's imperative to it's
>understanding.
>
>For example, in Python I've never made the following mistake:
>
> if (foo)
> if (bar) printf("Some message\n");
> else
> printf("foo failed!\n");
>
>This usually arises because I had the printf in there, then needed to add a
>test in there which suddenly broke the code. For those of you unfamiliar
>with C, the "else" above matches the "if (bar)", not the "if (foo)", even
>though the indentation tells us that I intended it otherwise.
>
>Also, python isn't quite as strict as some people think:
>
> [root@dhcp-148 tmp]# python
> Python 1.5.2 (#1, Jul 5 2001, 03:02:19) [GCC 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat
>Linux
> 7.1 2 on linux-i386
> Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
> >>> print 1; print 'b'; i = 5; print i
> 1
> b
> 5
>
>The only somewhat legitimate complaint about the lack of braces is that you
>can't bounce between matching braces in your editor. Which is why I made
>an extension to vim which allows me to do "(" and ")" to move to the top
>and bottom of a block of code by using the indentation information.
>
>Python is a fine language, which after over a decade of programming in C
>has finally brought back the joy of programming I haven't had for a very
>long time. The "weird indentation thing" is often quoted by people as a
>reason they aren't using it, but I've never heard that from somone who's
>actually USED Python.
>
>I *LITERALLY* did not have to change my indentation style *AT ALL* when
>switching from C to Python. Developing a consistent indentation style is
>something that I worked on VERY early in my programming career, however.
>
>Sean
>--
> Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
>Sean Reifschneider, Inimitably Superfluous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>tummy.com - Linux Consulting since 1995. Qmail, KRUD, Firewalls, Python
>
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