Re:Selecting a programming language can be a form of prematu...
by dragonwriter on Monday November 15, 2021 @12:06PM
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> You have lots of options for strings and string formatting.
“Strings and string formatting” is a very broad domain.
For most specific tasks, there is one low-impedance approach and it takes very little (but not zero) reflection and/or experience to find it.
Most new Python features directly address specific tasks for which there are currently multiple relatively high-impedance approaches taken because there is not one obviously correct way.
Python's “one obviously correct way” is not “one possible way” (the latter approach is closer to Go.)
“Strings and string formatting” is a very broad domain.
For most specific tasks, there is one low-impedance approach and it takes very little (but not zero) reflection and/or experience to find it.
Most new Python features directly address specific tasks for which there are currently multiple relatively high-impedance approaches taken because there is not one obviously correct way.
Python's “one obviously correct way” is not “one possible way” (the latter approach is closer to Go.)