Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!selfless.tophat.at!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: John Bokma Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Why did Quora choose Python for its development? Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 11:50:55 -0500 Organization: Castle Amber Lines: 46 Message-ID: <874o4kvy8g.fsf@castleamber.com> References: <80d59383-36a3-4744-85c4-1a0577f1d3a6@dr5g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> <9CDC4B2CD1F445E994119A50F65155DF@teddy> <12225671E9654FECB49613D915FAEC19@teddy> <21A740B7AC6644248476DFADDF726C73@octavian> <629DAC3611EA49B0A36BCF70151CDE2F@octavian> <57C0AB91B42743E89456ACCC8751CF78@octavian> <2C6966D5AB6541E3BCE920FE7883A05B@octavian> <8762p0kzj6.fsf@mithlond.arda> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: individual.net eCByXgMt/PVgll4iXrdNyQMFM0TerMgWUvnEce4RYpvy8ip4rj Cancel-Lock: sha1:yhMOzdK73D3CgW2syw7F8BKB4cI= sha1:5sNQit4Afl3J8QUwo+w+uwy3ocE= X-Url: http://johnbokma.com/ User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:6157 Teemu Likonen writes: > * 2011-05-24T06:05:35-04:00 * D'Arcy J. M. Cain wrote: > >> On Tue, 24 May 2011 09:00:14 +0300 >> "Octavian Rasnita" wrote: >>> %d = @l; >>> >>> Please tell me if Python has a syntax which is more clear than this >>> for doing this thing. >> >> How is that clear? "Shorter" != "clearer." A Python programmer looking >> at that sees line noise. > > I'm a Lisp programmer who sees (some) Python code as line noise. Exactly, and glad to see there are also non-extremists in this group. I have been programming Perl for well over 17 years. I've been trying to switch to Python /several times/ but yet, with all its shortcomings Perl somehow still suits me better. To D'Arcy and other Pythonistas -- doesn't that sound like an extermistic organization or what -- it might look like a cat had an accident involving a keyboard but to me, and all those other people who do enjoy coding Perl it's beauty. The whole Python is so beatiful & perfect sounds to me like people who have embraced the latin alphabet calling Devanagari unreadable chicken scratches made by backwards and poor people. To me it's a writing system of beauty. > I don't know but from the point of view of a Lisp programmer Python has > the same obsession. Not trolling, I just wanted to point out that these > are just point of views. I don't actually care that much about these > things. Wise words. And I agree. To me Python vs. Perl has nothing to do with being a fanboy (unlike many other posters here). I like both languages, I have invested a lot of time in learning Python and I am really not dense. Yet, even though I can program in Python sufficient enough very often I just pick Perl. Now why is that? -- John Bokma j3b Blog: http://johnbokma.com/ Perl Consultancy: http://castleamber.com/ Perl for books: http://johnbokma.com/perl/help-in-exchange-for-books.html