On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 18:49:15 +0100, Alex Martelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Tobis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> With all due respect, I think "so go away if you don't like it" is >> excessive, and "so go away if you don't like it and you obviously don't >> like it so definitely go away" is more so. The writer is obviously > > I disagree: I believe that, if the poster really meant what he wrote, he > may well be happier using other languages and all the declarations he > cherishes, so recommending that course of action to him is quite proper > on my part.
You are wrong, for once. That poster could have been me a few years back, when I was younger, more stupid, more arrogant and less experienced. He'll get over it. Also, what he described /is/ a problem. I still get bitten by it now and then. It's just that it has even larger /benefits/ which aren't obvious at first. In BASIC, /bin/sh and perl without 'use strict', the lack of declarations is only a negative thing without benefits. If you know those languages, it's easy to jump to the conclusion that this applies to Python, too. /Jorgen -- // Jorgen Grahn <jgrahn@ Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu \X/ algonet.se> R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
