On 6/24/18 3:02 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sun, 24 Jun 2018 19:37:33 +0100, Bart wrote: > >> I want to program in /my/ style > Python is not Java, and Java is not Python either. Nor is it "Bart's > Language", or C, or Forth, or Lisp, or bash. > > https://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/python-is-not-java.html > > https://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/java-is-not-python-either.html > > > To get the best out of any language, you should try to program to its > strengths, in the idioms that work, not insist on writing FooLanguage > code in BarLanguage. > > Hammers are great tools. So are screwdrivers. But you wouldn't use a > screwdriver to hammer nails, or hammer screws, would you? > > You'd probably be pretty frustrated if one of your users (ahem) insisted > on duplicating the form and structure of their bash scripts in your > language, and complaining bitterly about how your language sucks because > it isn't bash. > >From what I have seen from Bart in other groups, Bart want to write in 'Bart' using existing languages and is frustrated that no one (but him) has written a language exactly to his specs.
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