tmh wrote: > This is from the perspective of an aerospace engineer who passed > through python several years ago on the way to lisp. Futhermore, this > is a 2 glass of wine response. > <snip>
Thanks for the comments. I think it is great that you took a "harder and less travelled way". It may be that some people get to a point where they are either tired or think they know everything. Or.. their brains just harden up and they become old dogs. There seems to be a recurring theme to many of the posts in this thread about syntax and readability. Some of it is "If I can not instantly read and understand what the code is doing then something is wrong with it". As if holding oneself as the standard of what is good and correct is the only way. If you see something and it is not readily apparent what it is, then that is a sign than something interesting may be going on. I got into Lisp because when I looked at it, I did not understand. I did not think WTF! but thought that something was going on and maybe I was cheating myself if I brushed it aside. There is also some disdain expressed about badly written programs. Why? They may be that way for some very good reasons, it is folly to think that programs have to be simple, obvious and elegant. I find interesting that a programmer got out their comfort zone and attempted something. Its better than the ones with the big egos who play it safe so they do not appear to be a fool. Wade -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
