Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.020 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'readable': 0.09; 'code).': 0.16; 'does,': 0.16; 'eax': 0.16; 'from:addr:torriem': 0.16; 'from:name:michael torrie': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'level,': 0.18; 'seems': 0.20; 'thus': 0.21; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'equally': 0.23; 'elements': 0.24; 'function': 0.27; '(you': 0.28; 'second': 0.28; 'pm,': 0.29; 'message-id:@gmail.com': 0.31; "can't": 0.33; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.33; 'especially': 0.34; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.35; 'sets': 0.35; 'received:org': 0.36; 'but': 0.37; 'received:192': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'more': 0.61; 'high': 0.66; 'low': 0.74; 'realm': 0.84 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at torriefamily.org Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:04:14 -0600 From: Michael Torrie User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.24) Gecko/20111108 Fedora/3.1.16-1.fc14 Lightning/1.0b3pre Thunderbird/3.1.16 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Python is readable References: <4f612b19$0$1379$4fafbaef@reader2.news.tin.it> <8e72d74f-c844-4de3-8a37-f6b1fdc2291f@y27g2000yqy.googlegroups.com> <50e9ceec-40f1-4ead-b2b6-87328b30d084@ow8g2000pbc.googlegroups.com> <4f61c828$0$1390$4fafbaef@reader2.news.tin.it> <4f61d728$0$1375$4fafbaef@reader2.news.tin.it> <4f61fd0a$0$1389$4fafbaef@reader2.news.tin.it> <4f620837$0$1382$4fafbaef@reader2.news.tin.it> <4f627c25$0$1381$4fafbaef@reader2.news.tin.it> <4f62b9be$0$29981$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <4f632da5$0$1375$4fafbaef@reader1.news.tin.it> <4f636ed5$0$29981$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <4f64ed2e$0$1389$4fafbaef@reader1.news.tin.it> <4f650213$0$1375$4fafbaef@reader1.news.tin.it> In-Reply-To: <4f650213$0$1375$4fafbaef@reader1.news.tin.it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 11 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1332025465 news.xs4all.nl 6951 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:44014 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:21837 On 03/17/2012 03:28 PM, Kiuhnm wrote: >> They are equally readable. The first one sets EAX to 3; the second >> displays all elements of x on the console. Assembly is readable on a >> very low level, but it's by nature verbose at a high level, and thus >> less readable (you can't eyeball a function and know exactly what it >> does, especially if that function spans more than a screenful of >> code). > > Welcome in the realm of trolling. Seems like you're the one trolling.