Python is readable

Kiuhnm kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it
Sat Mar 17 17:28:44 EDT 2012


On 3/17/2012 22:20, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 6:59 AM, Kiuhnm
> <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it at mail.python.org>  wrote:
>> Could you please explain to me in which way
>>     mov eax, 3
>> should be less readable than
>>     for i in x: print(i)
>> ?
>
> They are equally readable. The first one sets EAX to 3; the second
> displays all elements of x on the console. Assembly is readable on a
> very low level, but it's by nature verbose at a high level, and thus
> less readable (you can't eyeball a function and know exactly what it
> does, especially if that function spans more than a screenful of
> code).

Welcome in the realm of trolling.

Kiuhnm



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