Larry Wall's comment on python...

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Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> * laotseu
> 
>>Rod Stephenson wrote:
>>
>>>Slashdot has a list of questions posed to Larry Wall (perl). When
>>>asked his thoughts on other scripting languages, he makes the
>>>following observation about python
>>>
>>>"Python is cool to look at small bits of, but I think the "outline"
>>>syntax breaks down with larger chunks of code. I'm with Aristotle on
>>>the structure of discourse--a story should have a beginning, and
>>>middle, and an end. So should blocks"
>>>[...]
>>
>>def fun(args):
>>#BEGIN
>>     if ceci or cela:
>>     #BEGIN
>>         do_this(with_that)
>>         [snip a lot of code]
>>     #END
>>#END
>>
>>So what the problem with blocks ?
> 
> 
> Nope. Bad, bad readability, sorry.
> 
> #||<--- LOOK HERE, LARRY, THIS IS WHERE THE FUNCTION _*BEGINS*_!
> def fun(args):
>     #||<--- LOOK HERE, LARRY, THIS IS WHERE THE IF-CLAUSE _*BEGINS*_!
>     if ceci or cela:
>         do_this(with_that)
>         [snip a lot of code]
>     #||<--- LOOK HERE, LARRY, THIS IS WHERE THE IF-CLAUSE _*ENDS*_!
> #||<--- LOOK HERE, LARRY, THIS IS WHERE THE FUNCTION _*ENDS*_!
> 
> 
> Thorsten

Ho my !

Isn't it a little bit too much ?-)

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