On Sun, 2021-02-28 at 10:11 -0800, Bob Alexander wrote: > I never have understood the *serious* hatred of Python's "indentation > as syntax" approach. I've used lots of bracketed and begin/end > languages (C/C++, Algol & relatives, Ruby, and most other programming > languages), and when I write code in those languages I usually indent > as I write. Obviously, indenting makes it much easier for a human to > understand the program structure. It never occurred to me to code C, > for example, without indenting. Of course, the compiler doesn't mind > -- for the computer the brackets are easier to understand, but not > for humans.
Indenting is better for humans and paired stack operations are better for machines. Having both is helpful. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/4daf048d4292ac80a23ebd39ee13fdd16df0ff80.camel%40kortschak.io.
