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Re:Python is the new BASIC by jacquesm on Friday July 31, 2015 @09:57AM (#9981762)
> console.log("Hello") is not more complicated than print("Hello").

Actually, it is (it requires a package prefix) and it's:

   print "hello"
(Print was never a function in BASIC but a statement)
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Re:Python is the new BASIC by Sami_Lehtinen on Friday July 31, 2015 @10:06AM (#9981813)
Python 3.5 is out, are you still using the legacy version? SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'
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Re:Python is the new BASIC by jacquesm on Friday July 31, 2015 @10:10AM (#9981829)
I think you missed the joke.
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