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Jason Orendorff
jason at jorendorff.com
Mon Feb 25 07:47:55 EST 2002
Jason wrote:
> I like Python, but the biggest problem I have with the language right
> now is what low code density it has at times.
Coming from Scheme or Lisp, that is a likely complaint.
Macros let the programmer trim *all* the fat, *all* the
redundancy, from his code. This means the semantic density
is high.
Typical Lisp style also puts 6 or more tokens on every line,
not counting parens. This means the visual density is high.
But:
Flat is better than nested.
Sparse is better than dense.
Readability counts.
That's why Python is the way it is.
## Jason Orendorff http://www.jorendorff.com/
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