On Tue, 24 May 2011 09:00:14 +0300 "Octavian Rasnita" <orasn...@gmail.com> wrote: > So, again, in Perl is just: > > %d = @l; > > Please tell me if Python has a syntax which is more clear than this for > doing this thing.
How is that clear? "Shorter" != "clearer." A Python programmer looking at that sees line noise. A Perl programmer looking at "d = dict ([a])" (or even "d = dict(a,)") sees something that has something to do with creating a dictionary. At least he would know in which section of the manual to look for more information. > And again, I am not trolling anything. I am just defending a language which > has a clearer syntax for doing some things, and a shorter code for other Are Perl programmers aware of some imminent worldwide shortage of electrons that Python programmers are not? Why is there this obsession with shortness? -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain <da...@druid.net> | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 425 1212 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
