"George Sakkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Still it's hard to explain why four specific python keywords - def, > del, exec and elif - were chosen to be abbreviated,
Precedence in other languages and CS usage? > So, who would object the full-word versions for python 3K ? > def -> define > del -> delete > exec -> execute These three I might prefer to keep. > elif -> else if This one I dislike and would prefer to write out. I never liked it in whatever else language I first encountered it and still don't. Terry J. Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
