On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:12 PM, lkcl luke <luke.leigh...@gmail.com> wrote: > that's what i meant about beauty and elegance. the "bang per buck" > ratio in python, results obtained for the number of characters used, > is higher, and that's something that i personally find to be a > priority over speed.
Number of characters isn't the sole metric; number of "thought units" is closer - well-known keywords are usually one thought unit each, and sometimes larger tokens than that. But yes, concise syntax is of value. > another example of the compactness of python is kicking around > somewhere, i wish i could remember where it is. it compares scheme > with python and java. scheme does this amazing programming "thing" in > a single operator, expressed in 3 characters. python manages the same > thing in about 10, and java requires *six* lines! Big deal. I could doubtless show you something in REXX that does in one line what will take quite a few lines in Python, and it'd probably involve the PARSE statement or possibly SysSetObjectData. Doesn't prove a thing. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
