On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Travis Griggs <travisgri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I do like Python, and I accept it for what it is, so no one needs to jump > forward as a Holy Python See to convert me to the truth. I also know that > with most other languages, that first slide wouldn’t need to be one of the > prominent “worst practices” slide. >
This is the thing about design. We are happy to rant about the problems in the things we love most... and it doesn't mean we don't love them. A passing comment in the famous "PHP: a fractal of bad design" article says: "Side observation: I loooove Python. I will also happily talk your ear off complaining about it, if you really want me to."; for myself, I often say that Python is the second-best programming language in the world, but will still rant about its problems. And if I ever start building my own programming language, I would be looking at all the ones I know, and making objective evaluations of what's good and bad about them. (And then probably abandoning the project early on, because there are established languages that are sufficiently close to what I want that it's just not worth making a new one.) Know what you hate about the things you love, and know what you love about the things you hate. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
