Well, thanks to the combined efforts of the people on this list, and LinuxLingam, not to mention #linux at freenode, i've decided to learn python instead of Java.
Hehe, thanks! But, i do wonder. after using so many languages limited by braces, isnt python something which takes time to get used to? or is this just a fancy i have? vik --- LinuxLingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > However, a general culture that I have observed in > Perl hackers is that the > > more you know the language, the more you are prone > to use real complex > > code. Beautiful code != optimized code, in > perl-land. IF there is more than > > one way to do it, then perl users are more prone > to do it in away that > > reduces keystrokes, and hence ... > > > > Very difficult to do it in languages like Python > and Java. > > this is a *deliberate* design in python. > general rule of code: it will evolve, ad infinitum, > unless you fork, or > outgrow your initial architectural limitations. > hence it is good practice to have code > 'comprehensible' to various eyeballs: > past, present, future. > > however, this is not a flame-war. as several people > point out, > programming-language agnostism is a great idea. > knowing python, perl, java, > c, c++, and a few more is a more pragmatic approach > to take to serious > developing > > okay, so i deliberately loaded that initial posting > to ilug-d, since for the > past few months i discovered the interest-level > towards python was rather low > in ilug-d, and not so on other ilugs in india. its > also quite hot in other > parts of the world. anand, great to know you taught > yourself python. sandip > also knows it. supreet is our resident > python-charmer. > would be nice to have a show of hands. > > > :-) > LL > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd ===== viksit gaur http://viksit.tripod.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux. The choice of a GNU generation. New eh? I tried sniffing coke once, but the ice cubes seemed to get in the way... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
