On 22/01/2015 05:56, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Nicholas Cole <nicholas.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
I would have preferred Python to mimic:

Define function add taking price1, the price2, print_error equals true.
Price1 is a float. Price2 is a float. The function returns a float.

But now this is sounding a little like something from Larry Wall, and so I
had better stop!

Actually, it sounds like pre-ANSI C.


*SCREAMS OUT LOUD* at the thought of the Whitesmith's compiler where IIRC printf was spelt format and the formatting codes weren't the same.

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