Python vs. Io

[Andrew Henshaw]

Paul Prescod wrote:

...snip...
> First, if I had invented Python I would not have bothered to buck the
> trend of using curly braces. Hardly anyone chooses Python because of
> that feature and some are turned off by it. 
...snip...


Not that this invalidates your point, as I still fall into the category of
'hardly anyone'; but, the indentation-identified block is precisely the
reason I first tried Python.  Having used Occam for many years, I was very
pleased to find a language that recognized the superiority of that style.


--Andy