> 8. A programming language is low level when its programs require > attention to the irrelevant. > > So much a matter of debate. Indentation is irrelevant, why should > Python programs pay attention to it? Block delimiters are irrelevant > too, the interpreter should be able to figure them out from the code > layout. But this one is absolutely right:
I think "irrelevant" in this context means stuff like memory management. My fave was #7: "It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one," which explains in large part why the wheel is so often reinvented... Skip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
