Python indentation deters newbies?

Antoon Pardon apardon at forel.vub.ac.be
Tue Aug 17 08:56:54 EDT 2004


Op 2004-08-17, Peter Hansen schreef <peter at engcorp.com>:
> Antoon Pardon wrote:
>
>> How about: that is how my tongue and brain are wired.
>
> Sorry, such "explanations" are nothing more than
> restatements of the original claim in different words.
> They don't actually clarify the issue at all.  That's
> why I called "I just don't" a cop-out.
>
> Anyway, this is far removed from the (to me) interesting
> question of why people apparently have negative reactions
> to Python's use of indentation.  Some people have, in spite
> of your claims that it's not possible, managed to produce
> useful and interesting answers, and for that I thank them.

I would be most surprised if I made such a claim.

Please provide me with a reference so that I can apologize
if I actually did this.

-- 
Antoon Pardon



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