On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 01:01:12PM -0800, Dave Walton wrote:
> Hehe, truly. Guess I was thinking more about something like qbasic.
yeah, i learned basic on the trs-80, machines from the early 80s
> >> whitespace: don't get me started!
> > is that a positive or negative impression?
> Strongly negative.
ok, for me it's my favourite feature in python.
> It's far too easy to introduce problems that can only be fixed (or
> even discovered) by a careful line-by-line analysis of the code.
have you run into this? it has never been a problem here. but then i
insist on using only spaces in pike as well so my indenting is always
consistent.
> But, yeah, that's really more of a tool than a feature of Python. I was
> trying to be fair and balanced and make sure I had something positive to
> say about it as well, and that's the best I've come up with so far. :)
hehe, there is something positive about the culture that comes out of
this. having tests inline encourages writing tests right away.
we don't do this here at work, and as a result most tests are written as
an afterthought...
greetings, martin.
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