On 9/17/2017 4:39 PM, Rick Johnson wrote:
My point is that Python source code was meant to be "executable pseudo code" (Python devs' words not mine!),
The coinage 'Executable pseudocode' was my description of Python on comp.lang.python, mirrored to this list, in April 1997, long before I became a Python (core) dev. Guido did say things like 'human readable' before that. To the extent that my description implies a higher standard, you cannot imput it to Guido ;-).
> and while regular expressions are meant to be cryptic, > Python source code was not. That I agree with. -- Terry Jan Reedy -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
