BartC <b...@freeuk.com> writes: > On 25/07/2016 01:40, Gregory Ewing wrote: > > What's your experience? How often has this caused you trouble, and > > what proportion is it of all the Python programming you've done? > > I've done little Python coding
Then you are not in a position to make the prnouncements about Python's effect on coding efficiency that you are pronouncing, in this and other threads. > I can give some more examples but I'll probably be told that I'm using > the wrong tools! You should gain a lot more experience using Python for productive work, before declaring any effects on productive work inherent to the language design. > Which suggest there is a problem Or that the programming tools of 25 years ago compare poorly to today's tools. Even tools that have existed for 25 years have benefited from the intervening time. No-one uses Emacs *as it was 25 years ago* and expects to be as proficient as someone using Emacs as it is today. -- \ “Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it | `\ correct, not tried it.” —Donald Knuth, 1977-03-29 | _o__) | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
