On 20/11/2018 18:08, Avi Gross wrote: > ... So there isn’t really ONE pythonic way for many things.
That's true and, I think, inevitable for anything developed in the open source world. If you compare it to a language entirely controlled by a single mind - like Oberon or Eiffel say - then there is much less consistency. But how many people actually use Oberon or Eiffel in the real world these days? > We have two completely separate ways to format strings And many options for concurrency and for running external programs. Much of it is history and the need for backward compatibility. And let's not even think about web and GUI frameworks! > ..you can do much without creating objects or using functional programming > ...If you come from an OO background, you can have fun making endless classes >...If you lie functional programming with factories that churn out functions > ...There are other such paradigms supported including lots of miniature > sub-languages > ...effectively means being open to multiple ways I think that's a very deliberate feature of Python going back to its original purpose of being a teaching language that can be used beyond the classroom. It was always intended to support multi paradigms. After all, every programmer should be aware of multiple paradigms and when to best use each. BUt, Python is currently suffering the same fate as C++ in that, as it becomes more mainstream in real-world industry, the feature demands upon it inevitably move it away from some of those original teaching based ideas. It is certainly a much harder language to learn today than it was when I started in 1998. From a pure academic CS view many changes are good (eg. iterators and meta programming) but from a non-academic beginner(or even high school student) they are just plain confusing. It's all part of being a success in the real world. The funding for development comes from the industrial user community not the high schools or colleges, so their needs come first. PS. Just back from vacation so still catching up on the last week's discussions! -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
