On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 1:51 AM, bartc <b...@freeuk.com> wrote: > On 29/12/2017 18:11, Chris Angelico wrote: >> >> On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 4:13 AM, bartc <b...@freeuk.com> wrote: >>> >>> If you want to translate code from one language to another, and the >>> source >>> language uses gotos, or uses control structures not available in the >>> target >>> language, then gotos would be very useful in the latter. >>> >> >> As has already been said in this thread, a competent FORTRAN >> programmer can write FORTRAN code in any language. But if you want to >> actually write Python code, instead of writing FORTRAN code that gets >> run through a Python interpreter, you have to grok the Python way of >> doing things. > > > That's not true. People should be able to write code as they like using the > nearest available language and using the style they are most adept in and > that they find comfortable. /Especially/ if they are coding for themselves > rather as part of some organisation or within a team. > > The choice of language may enforce some changes, but that should be the > extent of it. > > A lot of the so-called 'Pythonic' style I frankly don't care for. > > I like to write code in a simple, clean, universal style that everyone can > understand. > > That doesn't mean it has to look like Fortran.
Why are you using a Python interpreter then? Why are you here on python-list, talking about Python? There must be SOME reason for using this language rather than another. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
