
April 20, 2020
2:15 a.m.
On 20/04/20 1:36 pm, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
**{alpha, beta, gamma} **{:alpha, :beta, :gamma} *, alpha, beta, gamma **, alpha, beta, gamma alpha=, beta=, gamma=
although I may have missed some. I'm not seeing "much" difference in complexity between them, syntax-wise.
To my eyes, the last three are a lot simpler than the first two. Not just in the number of characters, but in the amount of mental processing required to figure out what's going on.
Can we at least try to avoid unnecessary hyperbole in describing ideas we don't like?
I don't think it's hyperbole, I really mean what I said. And I have reasons for disliking some of those, which I think I have explained. -- Greg