What Python looks like

Gabriel Genellina gagsl-py2 at yahoo.com.ar
Tue Aug 5 05:40:51 EDT 2008


En Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:20:18 -0300, Ben Finney  
<bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au> escribi�:

> iu2 <israelu at elbit.co.il> writes:
>
>> I'm curious, what did Python code look like to those of you who have
>> seen a bunch of Python code for the first time before knowing Python?
>
> To me it looked like the pseudo-code used for describing algorithms,
> allowing clear understanding and redesign of the algorithm before
> adding all the cruft "necessary" to make a real program from it.
>
> I was very impressed, therefore, that program code could be so clear
> and readable, and yet require so little computer-friendly cruft.

I got the same impression when I saw Python code for the first time.

-- 
Gabriel Genellina




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