"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems to me the discussion could actually be beneficial. If several > different coders gave similar responses, ie code line/character count > comparisons, we might be able to see if there is a trend of any sort - > the more "anecdotes" given and we start to have trends - or maybe we > don't.
What's the point? So you can say: Perl code has on average 1.727 more lines compared to Python? What's the point, both are tools. People who use both Perl and Python pick one to solve a problem because they want to pick what they believe is the right tool. I doubt that the number of lines is often on their mind. People who just know either Perl or Python don't care much about such figures, or so I hope. > Lastly, Ed - can you post the code? That may be putting your head in > the lion's mouth so to speak and make the whole thread even worse - and > your coding style will get shredded by perl advocates... ok nevermind > don't post it.' And not by Python advocates? > Ok I'm going to end with a flamebait - but I would posit, ALL OTHER > THINGS BEING EQUAL - that a smaller number of characters and lines in > code is more maintainable than larger number of characters and lines in > the code. And I think that's why a lot of people posted very negative, in the hope that people would not be tempted to make the above very dumb statement. -- John MexIT: http://johnbokma.com/mexit/ personal page: http://johnbokma.com/ Experienced programmer available: http://castleamber.com/ Happy Customers: http://castleamber.com/testimonials.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
