> Still, I don't want Python to try to be Cobol. I agree, I don't want Python to try and be Cobol, but that doesn't mean there aren't things to learn from Cobol regarding this, if this indeed something found there - I can't comment on that.
> I think the intellectual argument for "English syntax" failed, > notwithstanding installed base. I see this argument used for python in this list (and in the wild) a lot i.e. that it should be readable in English. I am not saying that this is the be-all-end-all of python but it does matter. Also, this being syntax for defining OO curried functions, achieves the goal of more English like syntax while introducing a standard for curried functions in Python - which are of a lot of value in many situations, but usually require nasty syntax. _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/FCPD3K7OPGZTLHJ56ZUDXISJKY6L46GC/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
