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* 2011-05-24T06:05:35-04:00 * D'Arcy J. M. Cain wrote:

> On Tue, 24 May 2011 09:00:14 +0300
> "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@gmail.com> 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.

>> I am just defending a language which has a clearer syntax for doing
>> some things, and a shorter code for other
>
> Are Perl programmers aware of some imminent worldwide shortage of
> electrons that Python programmers are not? Why is there this obsession
> with shortness?

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.