Goto

[Chris Angelico]

On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 1:51 AM, bartc <bc at freeuk.com> wrote:
> On 29/12/2017 18:11, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 4:13 AM, bartc <bc at freeuk.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> If you want to translate code from one language to another, and the
>>> source
>>> language uses gotos, or uses control structures not available in the
>>> target
>>> language, then gotos would be very useful in the latter.
>>>
>>
>> As has already been said in this thread, a competent FORTRAN
>> programmer can write FORTRAN code in any language. But if you want to
>> actually write Python code, instead of writing FORTRAN code that gets
>> run through a Python interpreter, you have to grok the Python way of
>> doing things.
>
>
> That's not true. People should be able to write code as they like using the
> nearest available language and using the style they are most adept in and
> that they find comfortable. /Especially/ if they are coding for themselves
> rather as part of some organisation or within a team.
>
> The choice of language may enforce some changes, but that should be the
> extent of it.
>
> A lot of the so-called 'Pythonic' style I frankly don't care for.
>
> I like to write code in a simple, clean, universal style that everyone can
> understand.
>
> That doesn't mean it has to look like Fortran.

Why are you using a Python interpreter then? Why are you here on
python-list, talking about Python? There must be SOME reason for using
this language rather than another.

ChrisA