Re: COAS white paper draft
bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens) wrote on 29.10.97 in <[🔎] m0xQTJZ-00IdTUC@golem.pixar.com>:
> Someone there asked about Perl, and
> the answer was that they considered Python to be a more maintainable
> alternative. I must admit to sharing their feelings on perl.
<mode=language-holy-war>
AFAIK Python is a language where the amount of white space makes a
difference, even more so than in Fortran.
Personally, I consider such a language completely unmaintainable. Perl has
many style bugs, but nothing as bad as that.
</mode>
Anyway, as long as *I* don't have to maintain it ... :-)
MfG Kai
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