[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> even a single character (like an opening or closing bracket or a semicolon) >> is an indication that the design can be improved. > > > Close, there are two principles for good design: Afford proper use and > Don't afford improper use. I could argue that not having to type extra > characters falls into the first category and so is part of why Python > is a better design. Not having to type extra characters makes it > easier (affords me) to enter source code in the first place and there's > less to maintain in the long run. That's probably why nobody in the > thread, including myself, has advocated "*require* the brackets". > > But, like a lot of "solutions", in solving one problem Python has > created another one. Many people, for whatever reasons, feel that the > solution (scope by indent) prevents them from using the tool. Hence > Python has not really made it easier to type and maintain source code > for the general audience, it's has only polarized the audience. There > are many people who would say it definitely does NOT afford proper use. > > > Python is the superior design, today. But, like Betamax tape format, > Python isn't mainstream yet. And, sadly, maybe it never will be. I > want that changed. I want Python to take over the world so I don't > have to beg my next boss to let me use it. And if adding an optional > "dumbed-down" format will help then that might be an improvement in the > big picture. > But you don't want it to be Python, is all.
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