syntax difference

[Chris Angelico]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 3:52 AM, Rick Johnson
<rantingrickjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Chris Angelico wrote:
> [...]
>> For the record, there's nothing at all wrong with printf-style
>> formatting; its flexibility and brevity make it extremely useful in
>> many situations.
>
> Except that it's old, not elegant, error prone, feature poor, and not Pythonic!

[citation needed]

> But besides all _that_ (and possibly more) it's slightly amusing, i suppose.
>
> Cling to the past much?
>
> What's wrong Chris, is the syntax of the new format method too difficult for you? Or do you have a personal disliking for anything OOP?

What does "OOP" mean, exactly? Operators aren't, methods are?

> Personally, i would suggest the OP should learn the new Python formatting methods and disregard the legacy printf style crap that has been copy/pasted from countless other languages.
>

And that's the exact same FUD. Thank you for proving that a known
troll supports the FUD, which is a strong indication that it should be
ignored.

ChrisA