-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/18/07 18:28, Steve Lamb wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> I've written enough cryptic Python and lucid C & bash to know that >> Python does *not* enforce clean coding. > > I don't think anyone has ever claimed that.
Doug Tutty did this afternoon. (You conveniently snipped that part out of your reply.) http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/08/msg01743.html whereas python enforces clean coding. >> What a waste. bash is *great* for looping thru lists. (Perfect? >> No. But still great.) > > So is Python with the added benefit of not having to defeat globbing > at every step of the way. Sure, not having to worry about globbing rules can be handy. But there's still a large set of problems that can quickly be solved by a one-line bash for/done loop. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGx50cS9HxQb37XmcRAqpsAKCnNE49IWQZYEchgLvWmgH8pN5YnwCdF46l roC7LT7bwk7Gs/1HZjffKvc= =KP+R -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]