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Re:Python has brought computer programming to a vast new aud... by iscrewyou on Thursday July 19, 2018 @05:39PM (#17570537)
I went through a course in python about a decade ago and I enjoyed it! Then along the way, I picked it up here and there. Then used it at work for a few months to sort through a lot of data.

Recently I started trying to learn swift through the Stanford course. And the curly brackets confused the heck out of me. They still do! They just seem to pop up out of nowhere. All to say , I completely agree with your second paragraph. Python is very concise.

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Re:Python has brought computer programming to a vast new aud... by jplayer01 on Friday July 20, 2018 @07:20AM (#17574050)
Curly brackets fulfill the exact same function as indenting a code block in Python - it defines scope and ties code together.
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Re:Python has brought computer programming to a vast new aud... by bb88 on Thursday July 19, 2018 @08:13PM (#17571469)
Usually braces define the scope (or lifetimes) of variables.

C/C++/Java use them quite a bit.

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