Long names are doom ?

[Alex Martelli]

"Glen Starchman" <glen at enabledventures.com> wrote in message
news:3B0FCD4A.E3505218 at enabledventures.com...
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> Besides, whitespace in variable names? C'mon! That's the opposite
> extreme of Fortran (older versions) with no whitespace.

Actually, in Fortran (older versiond) whitespace was NOT SIGNIFICANT,
apart from having to code in columns 7-72 of the punched card or line,
so you could (e.g.) spell GOTO as GO TO (or G OT O if you wished:-).


Alex