On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 01:10:09AM -0800, Dave Walton wrote:
> But with one of them, I feel like I'm reading BASIC. :)
REALLY? I DON'T KNOW, MY BASIC MEMORY IS ALL CAPS, WHICH FEELS QUITE
DIFFERENT :-)
> I've found that my eyes start to glaze over when -ors (generators,
> iterators, etc, etc) are mentioned, regardless of the language involved.
hehe, iterators are easy (anything that can be treated like a list)
> A few early Python impressions...
> whitespace: don't get me started!
is that a positive or negative impression?
> if (0 < x < 10): handy. kinda wish PHP and Pike could do that.
indeed, it would totally change the nature of the comparison operator
though (no longer a simple binary operator)
> doctest: unit tests inline with the functions being tested,
that's just a question of the right syntax. like autodoc today, tests
could be added in a similar form.
greetings, martin.
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