I strongly dislike Python 3

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:13:53 +1000, Ben Finney wrote:

> Steven D'Aprano <steve-REMOVE-THIS at cybersource.com.au> writes:
> 
>> But, honestly, is there anyone here, even the most heavy users of
>> print, who would seriously expect that adding parentheses to print
>> calls will do more than add a tiny fraction to the amount of typing
>> effort already required to use Python? I suppose in principle those
>> extra three key presses (shift-9 shift-0 vs space) could be the straw
>> that breaks the camel's back, but I doubt it.
> 
> There's also Fitt's Law to consider: the space bar is big and
> easily-placed and hence easy to type in the middle of a stream of other
> keystrokes. None of that is true for the parens.

This is true, but there's nothing unique to print about that.

Personally, I think that the parentheses should be where the square 
brackets are, square brackets should be moved to where curly brackets 
are, and curly brackets moved to shift-9 and shift-0. But I don't care 
enough to remap my keyboard.



-- 
Steven