> > There are tradeoffs here. On the one hand, Python folks get caught > > off guard when they first encounter list aliasing. On the other, Perl > > folks get caught off guard when they first try to make a hash whose > > values are themselves lists. *grin* > > > WOW. Great explanation. Don't worry about a deeper hole. > > Your examples once again reminded me of one of reasons I started looking > into Python instead of continuing with Perl. It is not the > functionality, but the convoluted scripts can get. One can hardly > understand the code.
Hi Victor, That might be an unfair judgement. One can write really convoluted and ugly programs in any programming language. And although I do think that our choice in what programming language we us can affect a program's clarity, I also believe that people matter much more than the programming language. Otherwise, what would be the point of a mailing list like this? *grin* Best of wishes! _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
