Re: Get Fuzzy 30 Nov.

henry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Henry Spencer) writes:
> In article <dmnjvs$gbg$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,

> The nicest thing about significant white space in Python is that it just
> about eliminates all the stupid arguments about where to put white space.
>
> (Ken Arnold wrote an interesting little piece a while back, observing that
> the corresponding arguments in C have consumed time and energy out of all
> proportion to any benefit that has resulted. He proceeded to argue that a
> language standard ought to mandate a specific visual style, in detail, and
> that compilers should refuse to compile any program not fully complying
> with it, as a service to mankind, to kill all the stupid debates dead.
> I'm not sure I'd go quite that far, but the idea has its points...)

But how can we be expected to take your position seriously when your
post is fatally flawed by Unholy Ellipsis Spacing. . . ?

--
Mark Jackson - http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~mjackson
If it made sense, that would be a very powerful idea.
- Bruce Eric Kaplan


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