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Whitespace as syntax (was Re: Python Rocks!)

Aahz Maruch aahz at netcom.com
Mon Feb 7 19:47:12 EST 2000 
In article <87nmir$e7k$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>,  <fcahoon at my-deja.com> wrote:
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>Python does address some of the shortcomings of Perl -- notably, it is
>far more maintainable in a multi-developer envirionment -- despite the
>flawed decision to use whitespace as syntax.

Speaking as a programmer with more than twenty years of experience and a
Python user with less than a year of experince, it is precisely that
whitespace-based syntax that accounts for much of Python's usability in
a multi-developer environment.  Every Python program written by someone
with a jot of care has almost the same layout; this greatly enhances
readability.

I still curse regularly when I get tripped up on some whitespace
(particularly while trying to add debugging code quickly), but I think
the benefits greatly outweigh the drawbacks.
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