On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 02:38, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 00:28:24 -0500 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Python is written in C (no surprise there!), but what is surprising > > to some is that so many C-isms are in Python. For example: > > IF FOO == BAR: > > PRINT 'YES' > > Ah yes, but try to to do this fun one: > > if foo = bar: > print 'yes'
Here's an area where the BD4L explicitly departed from Algol-like languages. >>> foo = 5 >>> bar = 8 >>> if foo = bar: print 'yes' File "<stdin>", line 1 if foo = bar: print 'yes' ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "Whatever may be the moral ambiguities of the so-called demoratic nations and however serious may be their failure to conform perfectly to their democratic ideals, it is sheer moral perversity to equate the inconsistencies of a democratic civilization with the brutalities which modern tyrannical states practice." Reinhold Nieburhr, ca. 1940 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]