[Tutor] References and list aliasing in Perl and Python [Was: Re: Dictionaries]

[Victor Bouffier]

On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 23:03 -0800, Danny Yoo wrote:
> > > There are tradeoffs here.  On the one hand, Python folks get caught
> > > off guard when they first encounter list aliasing.  On the other, Perl
> > > folks get caught off guard when they first try to make a hash whose
> > > values are themselves lists.  *grin*
> > >
> > WOW. Great explanation. Don't worry about a deeper hole.
> >
> > Your examples once again reminded me of one of reasons I started looking
> > into Python instead of continuing with Perl. It is not the
> > functionality, but the convoluted scripts can get. One can hardly
> > understand the code.
> 
> Hi Victor,
> 
> That might be an unfair judgement.
> 
> One can write really convoluted and ugly programs in any programming
> language.  And although I do think that our choice in what programming
> language we us can affect a program's clarity, I also believe that people
> matter much more than the programming language.
> 
> Otherwise, what would be the point of a mailing list like this?  *grin*
> 
> 
> Best of wishes!
> 
> 

Yes, it is true.
Take care.
Victor