<snip> > > He is quite within his rights to do that. It's his language after all. > Some languages solve these problems by not permitting infix notation, > so in Lisp for example > > (3 - 5) > > is illegal, you need to do > > (- 3 5) > > It looks odd to us but that's not the point, its how the language works. > You learn to get used to it. Most languages have some idiosyncrasies like > this. > > HTH > > -- > Alan G > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ > http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld > Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Yes, I understand that the creator of the language can make it work however he wants, but I was really hoping for a logical answer. Just because 'that's the way it is' kind of sucks and will make it more difficult to remember. -- Deb Wyatt in WA _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor