On 06/04/2016 15:20, Mark Lawrence wrote:
On 06/04/2016 14:54, BartC wrote:
Please state why you're still here if Python is such a
poorly designed language that it doesn't fit your needs.
I was replying to the OP who was being put off the language. The vast
majority have to choose an off-the-shelf language, and in that
situation, Python is probably one of the best choices for someone
progressing from Basic.
It might have been difficult to tell, but I was /for/ Python in that
post, not against it. But I'm not afraid to mention cons as well as pros.
> Or is it
> simply that your mindset cannot get to grips with something that is
> different to that you've previously used?
(I've actually implemented versions of 3 or 4 of the 8 things I listed.
Coming up with and implementing this stuff is fun (and I can see how
languages and libraries can end up brimming full of every possible
feature you can think of). But ending up with a new must-have feature
that is used all the time is harder.)
Pretty much every language has (had) those, although it's fashionable
now to do away with GOTO, and some are getting rid of (rewritable)
variables too!
It's 50 years to my knowledge since the first paper stating that GOTO
isn't needed, hardly "fashionable now".
I mean for it it to disappear completely from languages.
I get a very strong impression
that you've never had to maintain appalingly written code. The overuse
of GOTO will certainly help in that area.
(I've not defending its use, but there are good reasons for retaining it.
Suppose you had the job of translating language X to Y. X contains
control structures that don't exist in Y. Or it maybe it just uses GOTO.
Would the task be easier if Y had GOTO, or without?)
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