Interesting talk on Python vs. Ruby and how he would like Python to have just a bit more syntactic flexibility.

[John Bokma]

Jonathan Gardner <jgardner at jonathangardner.net> writes:

> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Lie Ryan <lie.1296 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Now, why don't we start a PEP to make python a fully-functional language
>> then?
>
> Because people don't think the same way that programs are written in
> functional languages.

Heh! When I learned Miranda it felt natural to me. Prolog on the other
hand...

In short: I am afraid you're overgeneralizing here; it depends on one's
background. If not, citation needed ;-)

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John Bokma                                                               j3b

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