syntax difference

[Richard Damon]

From: Richard Damon <Richard at Damon-Family.org>

On 6/24/18 3:02 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Jun 2018 19:37:33 +0100, Bart wrote:
>
>> I want to program in /my/ style
> Python is not Java, and Java is not Python either. Nor is it "Bart's
> Language", or C, or Forth, or Lisp, or bash.
>
> https://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/python-is-not-java.html
>
> https://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/java-is-not-python-either.html
>
>
> To get the best out of any language, you should try to program to its
> strengths, in the idioms that work, not insist on writing FooLanguage
> code in BarLanguage.
>
> Hammers are great tools. So are screwdrivers. But you wouldn't use a
> screwdriver to hammer nails, or hammer screws, would you?
>
> You'd probably be pretty frustrated if one of your users (ahem) insisted
> on duplicating the form and structure of their bash scripts in your
> language, and complaining bitterly about how your language sucks because
> it isn't bash.
>
>From what I have seen from Bart in other groups, Bart want to write in
'Bart' using existing languages and is frustrated that no one (but him)
has written a language exactly to his specs.

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Richard Damon

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