Am I not seeing the Error?

[Devyn Collier Johnson]

On 08/13/2013 04:50 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 09:19:07 +0100, Joshua Landau wrote:
>
>> On 12 August 2013 16:47, Roy Smith <roy at panix.com> wrote:
>>> I can't quite sort out the multiple quoting levels, but somebody said:
>>>
>>>>>> Programming like that is called trolling. A programmer that uses
>>>>>> trolling is called a troll. A troll can also refer to such a line of
>>>>>> code itself. My scripts contain a lot of trolls. It is easier for me
>>>>>> to read trolls than "typical" coding styles.
>>> Please tell me this is all just an elaborate joke.
>> That was the OP (Devyn Collier Johnson, <devyncjohnson at gmail.com>) and
>> I, too, am hoping this is an elaborate joke. However, see
>> "http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~devyncjohnson-d/neobot/trunk/view/head:/
> lib/beta_engine".
>> I am struggling to see what the punchline is...
>
> If Artificial Intelligence code is hard to write, it damn well should be
> hard to read too. Otherwise, how will people know how brilliant you are?
>
> But seriously... I don't know what language Devyn is writing in Python,
> but I've seen code like that before. Mostly code written back in the
> early to mid 1980s. I may have even written some of it myself :-)
>
> Anyway, I don't think we should badger Devyn, we're not his dad and we're
> not the code police. All we can do is continue to demonstrate good,
> idiomatic, *working* Python code, and hopefully he will learn to write
> the same.
>
>
I now see why this programming style is called trolling. It brings the 
worst out of people (^u^). Can I have the number for the coding police, 
I want to turn myself in (^u^).

For me, this style is easier to read. I have tried the "typical" style, 
but I find this one to be easier.

Good thing no one knows my address. A mob might show up at my door (^u^).

Once I have the next version of my chatbot released, I will tell you all 
so you can see it work.

Mahalo,

DevynCJohnson at Gmail.com