Re: Writing Python Code More Concisely Than Perl!?

From	Brian Morrison <news@fenrir.org.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.misc, comp.programming
Subject	Re: Writing Python Code More Concisely Than Perl!?
Date	2025-06-16 18:34 +0100
Organization	The Fool and Bladder Face-Jumping Team
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On Sun, 15 Jun 2025 21:02:22 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Jun 2025 14:46:24 +0100, Brian Morrison wrote:
> 
> > No idea if this is credible or not:
> > 
> > https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/python/latest-update-on-python-4/
> > 
> > but it popped up right at the top of my search results.  
> 
> You get points for using a search instead of AI. ;)

I see the AI results at the top of my search output, sometimes they're
right, sometimes they're not.

> 
> Seems a reasonable bunch of points. Of course Guido is no longer
> BDFL, so I don’t think his opinions automatically count for more than
> anybody else’s. But he still gets the respect, of course.

Indeed, and python has been a fairly big success on the whole.

I still struggle with syntax that needs indents to be there rather than
simply being a reading aid.

-- 

Brian Morrison                       "No, his mind is not for rent
                                      To any god or government
                                      Always hopeful, but discontent
                                      He knows changes aren't permanent
                                      But change is"

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