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Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 19:19:49 +1000
Subject: Re: First python program, syntax error in while loop
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 07/05/2013 01:17, alex23 wrote:
>>
>> On May 6, 10:37 pm, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> One of these days I'll work out why some people insist on using
>>> superfluous parentheses in Python code.  Could it be that they enjoy
>>> exercising their fingers by reaching for the shift key in conjunction
>>> with the 9 or 0 key?
>>
>>
>> One of these days I'll work out why some programmers consider typing
>> to be "effort".
>>
>
> I think it's very important to consider this aspect.  E.g. any one using
> dynamically typed languages has to put in more effort as they should be
> typing up their test code, whereas people using statically typed languages
> can simply head down to the pub once their code has compiled.

And those who are porting other people's code to a new platform have
weeks of work just to get ./configure to run, but after that it's
smooth...

Everything is variable.

ChrisA