[Tutor] breeds of Python .....

[Alan Gauld]

On 01/04/12 11:43, Barry Drake wrote:
> On 01/04/12 06:19, Brett Ritter wrote:

> is just a natural progression. I never experienced this with c as the
> standard library base on Kernighan and Ritchie never seemed to change
> its syntax from the word go.

Actually the standardization of C sparked huge debates in the
early 90's. There were lots of minor changes and one big style change 
that really polarised opinions. In traditional C you defined a functions 
parameters like

int foo()
int a;
float b;
{  /* body here */  }


in ANSI that changed to:

inf foo(int a, float b)
{ // body here }


The changes from Python 2 to Python 3 have been a model of harmony in 
comparison, and they are the biggest changes in Python's 20 year history.

-- 
Alan G
Author of the Learn to Program web site
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