Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!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: Mon, 23 May 2011 10:26:56 -0500 Organization: Castle Amber Lines: 16 Message-ID: <87pqn95tfj.fsf@castleamber.com> References: <80d59383-36a3-4744-85c4-1a0577f1d3a6@dr5g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> <9CDC4B2CD1F445E994119A50F65155DF@teddy> <12225671E9654FECB49613D915FAEC19@teddy> <21A740B7AC6644248476DFADDF726C73@octavian> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: individual.net sMIj1GZEmTGWRpN5bcGxIAx4ffz7vVyf05CS7wjZsVDxLUle18 Cancel-Lock: sha1:OSPfegbhS/+Fexf98a8irsAvhLQ= sha1:17ax7bIplQXXjqs9Lfyf5KfuHrE= 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:6077 Chris Angelico writes: > That said, though, I still do not believe in Python's philosophy of > significant whitespace. I like to be able, if I choose, to put one > entire "logical unit" on one line, such that it can be commented out > with a single comment marker, Use an editor that can with a single command comment out a selection (and revert this), like Emacs. -- 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