I'm Switching to Python and Actually Liking It

Re:I'm Switching to Python and Actually Liking It by reverius42 on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @05:02AM (#44580178)

I'm not sure how "operator+" is supposed to be appreciably different from "__add__".

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Re:I'm Switching to Python and Actually Liking It by brabel on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @06:39AM (#44580700)

One is a sensible choice a human might pick. The other is not.

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Re:I'm Switching to Python and Actually Liking It by orphea on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @07:05AM (#44580855)

Both are doing their job just fine?

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Re:I'm Switching to Python and Actually Liking It by acdha on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @08:30AM (#44581515)

So who were the non-humans who picked the one you don’t like?

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Re:I'm Switching to Python and Actually Liking It by dragonwriter on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @02:54PM (#44585640)

They are both sensible choices that a human did pick, that's how they got into their respective languages.

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Re:I'm Switching to Python and Actually Liking It by WesolyKubeczek on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @03:08PM (#44585751)

They have different locality of behavior, for one.

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Re:I'm Switching to Python and Actually Liking It by reverius42 on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @03:47AM (#44731787)

I meant as a choice of name.

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Re:I'm Switching to Python and Actually Liking It by reverius42 on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @03:48AM (#44731789)

And what makes one name "special" while the other is only "pseudo-special"?

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