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newb question about @property

Steve D'Aprano steve+python at pearwood.info
Thu Oct 5 02:11:16 EDT 2017 
On Wed, 4 Oct 2017 11:46 pm, Rhodri James wrote:

> On 04/10/17 12:07, bartc wrote:
>> I've seen that example brought up before. It still doesn't cut any ice.
>> 
>> You might as well be condescending of someone who finds Joyce or Proust
>> unreadable, and prefers McBain, Simenon or Chandler. (Sorry, can't think
>> of any modern pulp novelists).
> 
> I don't think your comparison is appropriate.  Joyce and Proust strike
> me as the literary equivalent of Perl or APL; very clever but nearly
> unreadable even for experts.  No, think rather of Terry Pratchett.

+1 for mentioning Sir PTerry!

And an extra bonus for it actually being relevant :-)



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Steve
“Cheer up,” they said, “things could be worse.” So I cheered up, and sure
enough, things got worse.
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