A 'Python like' language

[John Roth]

"D Martin" <dgmartin98.REMOVEME at hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ax%8c.9470$wg1.4018 at edtnps84...
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> 3 solutions:
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> 1. Use spaces instead of tabs.  Hit the space bar yourself, or an editor
> that replaces tabs with spaces.
> 2. Include as a .py or text file instead of inline.
> 3. Get a different email program.

All of these fail for one simple reason. Let's hit
the chorus, guys:

"We're right, everybody else needs to change..."

The hard fact is, lots of utility programs treat
tabs in wild and wonderful ways, many of which
are not under the control of the user. There's
a reason why the Python standard is spaces, and
why tabs will be eliminated as an option in 3.0.

John Roth
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> "John Roth" <newsgroups at jhrothjr.com> wrote in message
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> > "David MacQuigg" <dmq at gain.com> wrote in message
> > news:p1u860l6q98sc6ppihje55ptna298ub7si at 4ax.com...
> > > On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:42:54 +0000, Peter Hickman
> > > <peter at semantico.com> wrote:
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> > > >Well after all this discussion it would appear that a 'Python like'
> > > >language has appeared => Prothon. http://www.prothon.org/index.html
> > > >
> > > >Very alpha, sort of like Python (if you consider the indenting is
what
> > > >makes Python unique) and sort of Ruby in its use of prefixes to
define
> > > >scoping etc (although there is no reference to this trait being
> borrowed
> > > >from Ruby). It also quotes Self as being an influence.
> > >
> > > Very interesting ...
> >
> > Yes, especially since they didn't learn their lessons about
> > tab as an indentation character. That means that I can't send
> > a Prothon program (or snippet from one) using Outlook
> > Express, which automaticlly strips tabs from the front of
> > lines, thus destroying the indentation.
> >
> > An interesting language that has just dropped off of
> > my radar screen as being unusable in my environment.
> >
> > John Roth
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