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Re: Tabs v.s. spaces (was Re: Programming first steps.)



H. S. Teoh dijo [Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 08:47:27PM -0500]:
> > >*chalks up one more reason to avoid Python like the plague...*
> > 
> >     Uh, care to rewrite that since Python is now on 2.3 and 1.5.2 is 
> >     several years old?
> [snip]
> 
> That doesn't negate the fact that I find significant whitespace rather
> atrocious. I really rather use a language where I'm free to format the
> code the way I want it, to maximally convey its meaning, rather than to be
> forced to write it a certain way because some genius decided that
> whitespace should be significant.

I think you should really take a look at the Whitespace programming
language [1], it will make you love Python.

Greetings,

[1] http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/whitespace/

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