Python Worst Practices
Ben Finney
ben+python at benfinney.id.au
Wed Feb 25 20:05:12 EST 2015
Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> writes:
> IMO the whole system of boolean logic in shell scripts is a massive
> pile of hacks.
Agreed. It bears all the hallmarks of a system which has been extended
to become a complete programming language only with extreme reluctance
on its part.
I continue to be impressed by how capable and powerful Unix shell is as
a full programming language. Especially it is sorely missed on other
OSes which lack a capable shell.
But it could never be called “elegant”.
> The sh and bash system of logic works, there's no doubt about it. […]
> But none of this means that Python should, in any way, imitate it.
Quite so.
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