Re: How clean/elegant is Python's syntax?

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Date	2013-05-30 16:15 -0700
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Subject	Re: How clean/elegant is Python's syntax?
From	Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com>

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On Wednesday, May 29, 2013 7:24:48 PM UTC-5, Dan Stromberg wrote:
> About the only thing I don't like is:
> 
>    var = 1,
> 
> That binds var to a tuple (singleton) value, instead of 1.

I don't understand why Python needs tuples anyway; at least not tuple literals!. I mean, i like the idea of a sequence type that is immutable as much as the next fella, however, i just hate the fact that we had to pay for this type with syntactical multiplicity only to be forever a slave to it's resulting quirkiness! Psst: Guido, i think you got screwed! 

(And they thought Jack was a fool for acquiring those beans!) 

With the demand for type literals growing all the larger as time goes on and the ASCII char set remaining static, there must be a better way! (And no folks, I'm not suggesting space cadet keyboards!)

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Re: How clean/elegant is Python's syntax? Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2013-05-29 17:24 -0700
  Re: How clean/elegant is Python's syntax? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-05-30 16:15 -0700

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