On Nov 11, 9:56 pm, geremy condra <debat...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Mensanator <mensana...@aol.com> wrote: > > On Nov 11, 6:53 pm, kj <no.em...@please.post> wrote: > >> I'm just learning about Google's latest: the GO (Go?) language. > >> (e.g.http://golang.orgorhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKnDgT73v8s). > >> There are some distinctly Pythonoid features to the syntax, such > >> as "import this_or_that", > > > There's more to Python than import statements. > > In fact, this Go language is nothing like Python. > > Actually, numerous analogies have been drawn between the two > both by whoever wrote the docs and the tech media, including > slashdot and techcrunch. > > >> the absence of parentheses at the top of > >> flow control constructs, > > > Huh? > > The OP is referring to the fact that for and if do not have > mandatory parenthesis. > > >> and quite a few statements without a > >> trailing semicolon. > > > Those are exceptions, the rule appears to be "ends with semicolon". > > In this example, I see semicolons all over the place. > > The rule is that if its between parens, it needs semicolons. > > <snip>
Why did you snip the example that proves you're wrong? > > >> Then again, there's a lot that looks distinctly > >> un-Pythonlike, such as the curly brackets all over the place. > > > Duh. > > >> And > >> among the un-Pythonlike stuff there's a lot that looks like nothing > >> else that I've ever seen... > > > Go look at a C++ program sometime. > > Go doesn't support inheritance, so C++ is pretty much out. C > is a lot closer, but still not all that close. > > Geremy Condra -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
