What makes code "readable"? (was Re: Python vs. Perl, which is better to learn?)

[Delaney, Timothy]

> From: Johann Hibschman [mailto:johannh at uclink.berkeley.edu]
> "Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik at pythonware.com> writes:
> 
> > also see:
> > 
> >     http://www.zooko.com/shootout-compress.html
> 
> Zooko is a loon.  That's brilliant!

It would be interesting to see how much the compression ratio change when
the files are compressed as a whole, compared to compressing each individual
file. This might show up reuse between modules/files (e.g. the use of "list"
in many places).

I may just try that now, using the entire shootout ...

Tim Delaney