Python becoming less Lisp-like

[Torsten Bronger]

Hallöchen!

"news.sydney.pipenetworks.com" <nytimes at swiftdsl.com.au> writes:

> Torsten Bronger wrote:
>
>> [...]
>>
>> I have exactly the same impression, but for me it's the reason
>> why I feel uncomfortable with them.  For example, I fear that a
>> skilled package writer could create a module with surprising
>> behaviour by using the magic of these constructs.  I don't know
>> Python well enough to get more specific, but flexibility almost
>> always make confusing situations for non-hackers possible.
>
> In that case I wouldn't worry about the magic which can be done in
> python but the magic which can be done in C (which many modules
> are written in).

The magic in Python must allow the magic in C.

> Sometimes I think people complain just to complain.

It's interesting though that the concerns I mentioned have
influenced so many language designs, isn't it?

Look, you may weight the pros and cons differently from me, that's
perfectly okay.  But don't tell me my thoughts were invalid.

Tschö,
Torsten.

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