On 18/05/18 02:45, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
To successful port anything but the most trivial code, you actually have to understand *both* languages -- including the syntax, semantics, built- in language features, AND libraries.
A point that was once made to me about translating human languages is that to do it well, you need to understand both languages *and both cultures.* The same principle probably applies to computer languages as well; how often have we collectively complained about people trying to write (say) FORTRAN in Python?
-- Rhodri James *-* Kynesim Ltd -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
