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Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 13:31:53 +1000
Subject: Re: Program in or into (was Python handles globals badly)
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On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> Now the thought experiment:
>
> For some reason you need to code in C#
> [You need to do this part of the experiment honestly!!]
>
> Would you write the C# code?
> Or would you write the python-ish code in C# ?

As I'm not familiar with C#, I'd probably end up writing Python-style
code in C#. But I wouldn't then complain that C# isn't sufficiently
like Python; if I want Python, I know where to find it.

ChrisA