On 9 December 2011 20:50, Dario Lopez-Kästen <cl2dl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Sarma Tangirala <tvssarma.ome...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> >> On 9 December 2011 20:07, Cranky Frankie <cranky.fran...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I'm looking for a term to call the kind of Python programming that >>> >>> <...snip...> > >> >>> >> The keyword you are looking for is 'programming paradigm' and python >> implements several and not just any specific one such as structured. You >> could call it a multi-paradigm programming language. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_paradigm >> >> <...snip..> > >> The point is its a scripted language. Most of what you want to do should >> be about a line. Python is derived from the idea of scripted languages >> wherein constructs like loops and functions were added for more control. >> The main idea of programming in python is not essentially writing a >> functions but rather like shell scripting, one line of syntax at a time. >> Having functions, for example, gives you greater control or rather an >> abstraction of control for clarity of thought. >> >> > I actually don't agree at all with your last statements. Since you quote > Wikipedia, allow me to do the same: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language) > * > * > >> *"Python supports multiple programming paradigms, primarily but not >> limited to object-oriented, imperative and, to a lesser extent, functional >> programming styles. It features a fully dynamic type system and >> automatic memory management, similar to that of Scheme, Ruby, Perl, >> and Tcl. Like other dynamic languages, Python is often used as a scripting >> language, but is also used in a wide range of non-scripting contexts. Using >> third-party tools, Python code can be packaged into standalone executable >> programs. Python interpreters are available for many operating systems."* > > > Keywords, IMHO are: imperative, object oriented, interpreted dynamic > programming language. Scripting comes as a bonus of the fact that it is > interpreted. > > My 0.02€ > Where does it say that python was originally not designed to be scripted? If thats the case then I agree my comment was completely incorrect. I read somewhere that it was designed so. I don't get exactly where you disagree with me as I wrote that part about scripting for the second paragraph. With respect to the OP's question how does being imperative, OO or dynamic determine "I'm looking for a term to call the kind of Python programming that Python is, in other words, programming with no branching, no GOTOs, no statement labels and no line numbers."? > > /dario > > -- Sarma Tangirala, Class of 2012, Department of Information Science and Technology, College of Engineering Guindy - Anna University
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