Every language fixes something - a DiGraph - just for fun

Re:Every language fixes something - a DiGraph - just for fun by kragen on Thursday July 28, 2011 @12:50PM (#2817674)

Yes, I think the verbosity I'm complaining about above is the fruit of three of the principles of the Zen of Python:

Explicit is better than implicit.

Errors should never pass silently.

Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!

Maybe after I spend more time with Ruby, I'll see the dark side of DSLs, but so far I'm loving it :)

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Re:Every language fixes something - a DiGraph - just for fun by rufugee on Thursday July 28, 2011 @01:39PM (#2817948)

You probably will, if you're anything like me. However, at the end of the day, I find the "require" statement in ruby to be the truly most irritating feature. You simply don't get much control over what is slurped into your code. Python's import statement is so refreshing in comparison. I feel more in control in python, and I say this as someone who really likes ruby.

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