[Tutor] What style do you call Python programming?

[Dario Lopez-Kästen]

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Sarma Tangirala
<tvssarma.omega9 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On 9 December 2011 20:07, Cranky Frankie <cranky.frankie at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I'm looking for a term to call the kind of Python programming that
>>
>> <...snip...>

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> The keyword you are looking for is 'programming paradigm' and python
> implements several and not just any specific one such as structured. You
> could call it a multi-paradigm programming language.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_paradigm
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> <...snip..>

> The point is its a scripted language. Most of what you want to do should
> be about a line. Python is derived from the idea of scripted languages
> wherein constructs like loops and functions were added for more control.
> The main idea of programming in python is not essentially writing a
> functions but rather like shell scripting, one line of syntax at a time.
> Having functions, for example, gives you greater control or rather an
> abstraction of control for clarity of thought.
>
>
I actually don't agree at all with your last statements. Since you quote
Wikipedia, allow me to do the same:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)
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> *"Python supports multiple programming paradigms, primarily but not
> limited to object-oriented, imperative and, to a lesser extent, functional
> programming styles. It features a fully dynamic type system and
> automatic memory management, similar to that of Scheme, Ruby, Perl,
> and Tcl. Like other dynamic languages, Python is often used as a scripting
> language, but is also used in a wide range of non-scripting contexts. Using
> third-party tools, Python code can be packaged into standalone executable
> programs. Python interpreters are available for many operating systems."*


Keywords, IMHO are: imperative, object oriented, interpreted dynamic
programming language. Scripting comes as a bonus of the fact that it is
interpreted.

My 0.02€

/dario
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