Re: [DNG] Wordiness of code.

2016-08-06 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 06/08/2016 22:55, Brian Nash a écrit : In makefiles, tabs have a special meaning, and it works well. Sure, but that's not the best of make! Didier ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

Re: [DNG] Wordiness of code.

2016-08-06 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 06/08/2016 11:20, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult a écrit : I wouldn't count a language that uses whitepaces as language constructsanything near 'readable'. +1 ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

Re: [DNG] Wordiness of code.

2016-08-06 Thread Brian Nash
On Sat, Aug 06, 2016 at 01:50:01PM +0100, ael wrote: On Sat, Aug 06, 2016 at 11:20:30AM +0200, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: NAK. I wouldn't count a language that uses whitepaces as language constructsanything near 'readable'. FWIW, -1. I have exactly the opposite experience and

Re: [DNG] Wordiness of code.

2016-08-06 Thread ael
On Sat, Aug 06, 2016 at 11:20:30AM +0200, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: > > NAK. I wouldn't count a language that uses whitepaces as > language constructsanything near 'readable'. FWIW, -1. I have exactly the opposite experience and thus view. I don't see the point of dogmatic

Re: [DNG] Wordiness of code.

2016-08-06 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
On 05.08.2016 15:06, Hendrik Boom wrote: > Python is quite readable without either. NAK. I wouldn't count a language that uses whitepaces as language constructsanything near 'readable'. --mtx ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

Re: [DNG] Wordiness of code.

2016-08-06 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
On 05.08.2016 10:16, Hendrik Boom wrote: > There are limits, when the size of the keywords starts to make the > content harder to find. There's a reason common words in natural > languages are short. There's no real advantage in having a keyword > PROCEDURE (yes, all in caps) when PROC would

Re: [DNG] Wordiness of code.

2016-08-05 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, Aug 05, 2016 at 10:37:42AM +0200, Didier Kryn wrote: > Le 05/08/2016 10:16, Hendrik Boom a écrit : > > There's no real advantage in having to use > >BEGIN and END instead of { and }. > > > Explanation below, maybe - '{' isn't visible enough, and it's used for > other unrelated