Why do we call python a scripting language?
Garrett G. Hodgson
garry at research.att.com
Mon Aug 30 12:07:39 EDT 1999
John (Max) Skaller wrote:
> Python is better (IMHO) at a larger scale of problem than
> some other scripting language because:
...
> b) it is built on a few simple concepts, so it is
> relatively easy to _reason_ about parts of a program
> without having to hold all the code in your brain at once.
this is perhaps the clearest description i have yet seen
that explains why i stopped using perl and switched to
python.
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