On 16/04/2015 05:07, Blake McBride wrote:
Greetings,
I am new to Python. I am sorry for beating what is probably a dead horse but I
checked the net and couldn't find the answer to my question.
I like a lot of what I've seen in Python, however, after 35 years and probably
a dozen languages under my belt, I very strongly disagree with the notion of
using white space to delimit blocks. Not wanting to beat what I believe is
probably a dead horse, I have one question.
Is there a utility that will allow me to write Python-like code that includes
some block delimiter that I can see, that converts the code into runnable
Python code? If so, where can I find it?
Thanks!
Blake McBride
Interesting point of view. Likewise, I have used more than a dozen
languages and I like Python a lot. Why? Because the use of indentation
is (mostly) unambiguous and I find it a lot cleaner than having to check
whether I need braces, parentheses or whatever delimiters are correct
for a particular language. Plus I am relieved of the stylistic debates
about whether the start-of-block marker starts after the 'IF' or on a
new line and how the subsequent lines of code should be aligned.
For me, Python is clean and easy to write and, more importantly, I find
it easier to follow and understand code written by others.
Steve Simmons
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