On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 23:03 -0800, Danny Yoo wrote: > > > 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! > >
Yes, it is true. Take care. Victor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
