In article <mailman.1841.1318123788.27778.python-l...@python.org>, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I sent this email twelve hours ago but to the wrong mailing list > *blush*. Since nobody else has raised the point, I'll repost it. > > On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Jussi Piitulainen > <jpiit...@ling.helsinki.fi> wrote: > > But both negations can be avoided by modus tollens. > > > > "If you are able to start the car, the key is in the ignition." > > > > But this translation implies looking at the result and ascertaining > the state, which is less appropriate to a programming language. It's > more like: > > "If you found that you were able to start the car, the key must have > been in the ignition." > > and is thus quite inappropriate to the imperative style. A functional > language MAY be able to use this style, but Python wants to have the > condition and then the action. > > ChrisA The key is in the ignition if you are able to start the car else you hot-wired it. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
