/prague/ Q&A

Ask /prog/ anything.

Although don't expect an answer or even a good one.

Also, keep it /prog/ related.

>>122

again, your argument is that colons at the end of ifs and whiles is too explicit and could be removed (despite it, you know, increasing readability, that being one of python's actual goals)

if python didn't bring anything new, why do you think it's been so widely adopted by software devs, system administrators, and the scientific community? (i'll give you a hint - it did)

finally, my argument extended only to syntax. complaining about error handling is a valid criticism because hiding a failure or stuck state from programmers directly affects the quality of code. complaining about factories is a valid criticism (although not a correct one) because you are specifically lamenting the language designer's decision not to have overloaded constructors. on the other hand, syntax is the most trivial aspect of any programming language, and has no direct effect on code quality or performance (inb4 arguments that it leads to decreased productivity, lol)

finally finally, if you can't read sentences that aren't capitalized suck my dick and get off the internet

btw i forgot to mention how retarded you are for whining about fioc

oh no! forced indentation of code! what do you mean everyone already writes code like that because it is the most legible way to write in a statically scoped block structured language? MY FREEDOMS

tip: you're free to write python like this - "while True: foo(); bar();"