On Tue Jun 06, 2006 at 10:07:51 +1000, Matthew Hannigan wrote: >On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 11:12:51PM +1000, Benno wrote: >> Now I know people think that Perl is unmaintainable because of its >> somewhat manky syntax, but I'm starting to think that Python can be >> just as evil for its interesting little ways you can totally warp >> peoples mind with it in ways that probably even outdo C++ in terms of >> obfuscating program flow. >> [ .. ] > >I'm starting to think that once you've learnt two or three >languages the quickest way to appraise them is by exception! > >By that I mean we all have a expectation that we'll be >able to make the language do what we want more or less >without too much trouble; but it's the little warts and >pitfalls that really distinguish them. > >For python a good link is the "10 python pitfalls" >http://zephyrfalcon.org/labs/python_pitfalls.html
Yeah that is a good link. I've been badly bitten by #5 before. Of course some of those pitfalls are generic, e.g: #7, #9 #2 is strange, and I'm kind of suprised about it -- I guess if you don't use pointers it could be weird. Anywho... Benno _______________________________________________ coders mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/coders
