Python and Flaming Thunder

[Matthieu Brucher]

>
> Perhaps.  But if elementary school students can easily understand why
> one programming language gives the answer 100 (Flaming Thunder):
>
>  Write 10^2.
>
> but can't understand why another programming language gives the answer
> 8 (Python):
>
>  Print 10^2
>
> then I think the comparison moves beyond a matter of taste into the
> realm of measurable ease-of-use.
>

Well...

>>> 10**2
100

Why ^ ? There is no good reason why use ^ over ** and vice versa, so what
you try to prove is not with your example.

Matthieu
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