I don't like Python. Does that make me a bad person?

Re:I don't like Python. Does that make me a bad person? by sbov on Saturday June 26, 2010 @01:40PM (#1463971)

I'm willing to forgive the creators of Python if they didn't optimize their syntax for copying-and-pasting code.

Hotfixing is a naturally perilous process regardless of language. I've spent hours tracking down untested hotfixes in Java.

You're also probably less likely to come across a badly formatted block of python code because that would generally result in a bug. Much like misplaced brackets in Java/C/C++ would result in a bug.

It doesn't make the code magically better. It makes it less redundant. Indentation should already be there, why do you need curly brackets?

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Re:I don't like Python. Does that make me a bad person? by cageface on Saturday June 26, 2010 @05:41PM (#1464331)

I'm willing to forgive the creators of Python if they didn't optimize their syntax for copying-and-pasting code.

Copying and pasting is also known as refactoring. A syntax that makes that much harder than it needs to be is mis-optimized, IMO.

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Re:I don't like Python. Does that make me a bad person? by Jach on Saturday June 26, 2010 @07:05PM (#1464469)

But code is read far more than refactored, so I think it's an okay tradeoff. (Plus what editors are ya'll using where changing the indentation of something is difficult?)

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