On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 02:39:30AM +0000, Yan Weng wrote: > agree. I have no difficulty from C++ to Python. > > > >From: Sean Reifschneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >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. > >
One thing I've noticed is that sometimes people use tabs, and sometimes people use all spaces. Not everyone uses 8 space tab stops either. How does python deal with these issues? What about line continuation wrt observing an 80 character width maximum? Nicely formatted code is a good thing. What I like about perl and *sh as compared to python is that they are more like C (which is where scripting languages and OSes come form), and other Unix concepts, which come in especially handy in the realm of system administration. This thread has convinced me to take a closer look at python, however. What's the situation with python on Win* ? -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
