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  Re: Python Worst Practices Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-02-26 12:05 +1100
    Re: Python Worst Practices Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-26 14:37 +0000

#86457 — Re: Python Worst Practices

Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> writes:

> IMO the whole system of boolean logic in shell scripts is a massive
> pile of hacks.

Agreed. It bears all the hallmarks of a system which has been extended
to become a complete programming language only with extreme reluctance
on its part.

I continue to be impressed by how capable and powerful Unix shell is as
a full programming language. Especially it is sorely missed on other
OSes which lack a capable shell.

But it could never be called “elegant”.

> The sh and bash system of logic works, there's no doubt about it. […]
> But none of this means that Python should, in any way, imitate it.

Quite so.

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On 2015-02-26, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> IMO the whole system of boolean logic in shell scripts is a massive
>> pile of hacks.
>
> Agreed. It bears all the hallmarks of a system which has been
> extended to become a complete programming language only with extreme
> reluctance on its part.
>
> I continue to be impressed by how capable and powerful Unix shell is
> as a full programming language. Especially it is sorely missed on
> other OSes which lack a capable shell.
>
> But it could never be called “elegant”.

Unless you've spent all day working on PHP code.

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