On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:22:08 -0500, Evan Driscoll wrote:
> On 08/23/2012 12:56 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:17:03 -0500, Evan Driscoll wrote:
>>
>>> I definitely *wouldn't* say "Python
>>> classes aren't really classes" -- even though (I assert) Python
>>> classes are *far
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 5:22 AM, Evan Driscoll wrote:
> In Python--, any time you use a name, you have to prefix it with the
> word 'variable':
> variable x = 4
> print(variable x)
That gets really unwieldy. You should shorten it to a single symbol.
And your language could be called Python Hy
On 08/23/2012 12:56 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:17:03 -0500, Evan Driscoll wrote:
>
>> I definitely *wouldn't* say "Python
>> classes aren't really classes" -- even though (I assert) Python classes
>> are *far* further from Simula-style (/Java/C++) classes than Python
>> va
