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From: Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>
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Subject: Re: Why did Quora choose Python for its development?
Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 08:51:48 -0400
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In article <94709uF99gU5@mid.individual.net>,
 Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> wrote:

> On 2011-05-25, Matty Sarro <msarro@gmail.com> wrote:
> > General readability is a farce. If it was true we would only
> > have one section to the library. Different people enjoy
> > reading, and can comprehend better in different ways. THat's
> > why some people are super verbose - hell, just look at this
> > here post! :)
> 
> Despite individual proclivities, there remain standards of
> readability enshrined in our dictionaries and grammar handbooks.
> Claiming that code readability of code is to be judged solely
> subjectively by each individual absolves code of the
> responsibility to communicate to more than just its author.

Also, the purpose of source code is to transmit information (to both the 
compiler and to human readers).  That is a much narrower purpose than is 
served by books in a library, many of which are written as 
entertainment.  Sometimes, the real enjoyment (in literature) comes in 
figuring out what the author really meant.