On 6 August 2016 at 02:13, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 9:21 AM, Marco Sulla > <mail.python....@marco.sulla.e4ward.com> wrote: >> I want to clarify that when I say "different from the other >> languages", I mean "different from the most used languages", that in >> my mind are C/C++, C#, Java, PHP and Javascript, mainly. >> > > Ah, well, that's because those are all one family of languages. If > instead you were familiar with four LISPy languages, you'd have a > completely different set of expectations.
Well, they are the most used languages. I think about the 80% of programmers knows at least one of that languages. It's more simple to learn a new language if it's similar to the others. >> I agree it's not hard to understand that `str` is the string type and >> `len()` is the function that gives you the length, even if you don't >> know Python (and it's shorter to type...) But it's hard to remember, >> in particular if you code also in other languages. When I come back to >> Python, I always ends to write `somelist.length` instead of >> `len(somelist)`, some arcane words come out my mouth and a little >> fairy dies. >> > > You open your mouth and a fairy dies.... hmm. Can I offer you a breath mint? > :) Do you have also a plenary indulgence? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
