On 2011-08-13, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > I have been indenting code neatly for at least 32 years whenever the > language I used allowed it. Just over 14 years ago, when Python was an > obscure little known or used languge, I adopted it *because* it dropped > all the redundant bracket noise and looked to me like 'executable > pseudocode', as I explained (with an unfortunate misspelling) in > https://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/cc25701a283a3f68 > Indentation is part of that. Python-with-brackets would, to me, be > something different -- sure, derived from Python, but not the same.
Fair enough. > I do not need for you to adopt and use Python to validate my choice. If > you like it fine, welcome. If not, have fun with something else. If this were among my options, it's probably what I'd do. It is what I do for things where I get a choice of languages. FWIW, yes, I spec machines with ECC memory whenever I can. I am a big fan of "redundant" data that can detect likely errors. -s -- Copyright 2011, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nos...@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated! I am not speaking for my employer, although they do rent some of my opinions. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
