On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 21:03 -0700, namekuseijin wrote: > On 28 set, 15:29, process <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have heard some criticism about Python, that it is not fully object- > > oriented. > > So what? > > > Why isn't len implemented as a str.len and list.len method instead of > > a len(list) function? > > Because postfix notation sucks. The natural way of spelling is > adjective+noun and verb+predicate. That's one of the reasons I like > Lisp better than Python. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
Actually str.len and len(str) is just like saying "the string's length" and "the length of the string". There is no difference between the two except for personal preference. (I am no linguist-- not even a native speaker of English --but I think there is a subtle difference on emphasis, "the string's length" emphasizes on the length being string's property, while "the length of the string" emphasizes on the length itself, am I correct?) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
