[Python-ideas] New __reference__ hook

[Barry Warsaw]

On Dec 04, 2012, at 10:14 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

>I dispute that "everything can be redefined" is the holy grail of
>programming languages. If it were, why isn't everyone using Forth?

On the readability scale, where Python is pretty close to a 10 (almost
everyone can read almost all Python), Perl is a 4 (hard to read your own code
after a week or so), Forth is a 1 (you can't even read your own code after
your fingers stop moving).

:)

a-forth-enthusiast-from-way-back-in-the-day-ly y'rs,
-Barry
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