>> Some people don't like the fact that indentation matters To me, this was a poor design decision. I can't see NASA using Python for anything . . . "Well, the reason the first human mission to Mars failed was because someone accidentally deleted a Tab character, didn't notice it, and the landing program behaved differently than originally speced out." Ok, that's an extreme example, but the behavior of my programs matters just as much to my clients. At least with block delimiters like ENDIF, you and the program always know when a statement will execute even when someone has accidentally changed indentation. It's as bad a design flaw as case-sensitivity.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 8:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NF] Python - Thinking Differently On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:45:44 -0400, "MB Software Solutions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Ed -- what's the CON or downside of using Python? > Seriously...everything has a weak point...what is Python's? > Some people don't like the fact that indentation matters in Python <shrug>, wouldn't bother me though. For me it's the lack of something like VFP or Visual Studio - a comprehensive, cross-platform way to create fat-client GUI-based apps, with easy refactoring, data binding and so on. Which is of course what Dabo will ultimately provide! -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.html [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
