On Oct 3, 2013, at 11:47 PM, Paul Gilmartin <paulgboul...@aim.com> wrote:
>>> >>> I think I rather prefer Python. >> >> Out of the frying pan and into the fire. The fact that the indentation >> level is significant can make things interesting when editing a >> program. >> > I need to ponder that. > > A while back, on TSO-REXX, I advocated labelling END statements to > take advantage of the processor's enforcing that they match the > DOs, and complained that the processor ignores some mismatches. > > A steadfast partisan said that doesn't matter; disciplined use of > indention provides equivalent function. I said that would be true > only if the processor enforced the indention conventions. Perhaps > Python provides the needed discipline. A couple of years ago our shop decided to standardize on Python for non-mainframe application development, so I've written a fair amount of Python since then. My experience is that using indentation to control structure becomes second-nature very quickly; I don't have to think about it any more. It's certainly no less "interesting" than keeping track of closing brackets or parentheses or "end" statements. (It helps if you use an editor that understands Python and can insert the indentation automatically. I mostly use Aquamacs emacs.) -- Curtis Pew (c....@its.utexas.edu) ITS Systems Core The University of Texas at Austin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
