Extending Python Syntax with @

[Robert Brewer]

Y2KYZFR1 wrote:
> Ben Finney <bignose-hates-spam at and-benfinney-does-too.id.au> 
> wrote in message 
> news:<slrnc4v696.lhs.bignose-hates-spam at iris.polar.local>...
> > On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 16:50:58 -0500, John Roth wrote:
> > > Someday people will get over their attachment with being 
> able to write
> > > programs with any old text editor that happens to be 
> lying around, and
> > > being able to print their programs without needing a special
> > > formatting program, but that day isn't today, and I doubt if it's
> > > tomorrow.
> > 
> > I doubt it's ever, because such a day would have to be 
> preceded by the
> > day when programs no longer need to be inspected, maintained or
> > transferred between systems not specifically set up as developer
> > workstations.
> 
> funny thing is VB has survived this long just because you HAVE to have
> the IDE to edit the code. That is one of the biggest selling points of
> VB.

Not strictly true; I've edited VB using Notepad. Sometimes that's the
only way to produce correct code. But I don't think that nit damages
your argument.

You knew *someone* would bring up that objection. ;)


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