Whitespace as syntax (was Re: Python Rocks!)

[Garrett G. Hodgson]

fcahoon at my-deja.com wrote:
> 
> In article <1e5nkk6.1a5z8bp1lixbdvN%bparsia at email.unc.edu>,
>   bparsia at email.unc.edu (Bijan Parsia) wrote:
> > I think, notwithstanding your experience with C (though why that
> should
> > be applicable to Python...), *you* have a riddle to answer: There is a
> > *lot* of Python code out there. The standard distribution contains
> loads
> > of modules from many different sources. You *yourself* indicate that
> > Python is becoming common place....
> 
> The popularity of a language cannot be taken as prima facie evidence of
> its technical superiority.

he didn't say it was.  what he said was, lots of code has been
written, and empirical evidence suggests that your fears are
unfounded.

> It's true that my experience writing python can, for practical purposes,
> be called 0 here.  However, I think it is a mistake to consider the
> posters responding to me to be representative of people with experience
> with python.

you can't draw too much conclusion from this thread.  most python
users have long since given up arguing this point with people
who don't use the language.  people who dislike the indentation
scheme tend to be vocal about it.

the bottom line is:
this is not a problem.  indeed, many people (myself included) consider
it a great advantage.  it is one of the things i like most about python.
if you don't like it, don't use it.

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