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Re:Reasons Python Sucks by mixmastamyk on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @02:40PM (#18709792)
A third space can never align with another line since it will be an odd number of characters while indents are always even (or vice versa). If you are two chars off, well at some point you need to be responsible for your broken blocks.

I agree with the other person that says this doesn't really happen in the real world with a baseline developer and editor.

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Re:Reasons Python Sucks by compiler-guy on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @06:17PM (#18711514)
We now have three real-world counter examples just in this thread. And the hacker news crowd is relatively sophisticated technically--even for programmers in general.

"It isn't a problem for me, therefore it isn't a problem for anyone." just isn't a good way to reason about problems like this.

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Re:Reasons Python Sucks by mixmastamyk on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @06:27PM (#18711564)
The important issue is which solution is the best given the trade offs. Acceptance of nothing less than a flawless one is not a path forward.
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Re:Reasons Python Sucks by compiler-guy on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @06:36PM (#18711614)
Sold! As long as you admit that there is a problem and tradeoffs, then I'm fine with where this conversation is ending.
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Re:Reasons Python Sucks by mixmastamyk on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @06:46PM (#18711684)
Sure, I'd never say a solution to a non-trivial issue was flawless. However, "a problem" is not very granular. I'd rather count this one in terms of centiproblems or milliproblems.
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