But why? Yea, C code could also be parsed this way, but I
don't see a good program that prints it out nicely. From what
the draft shows, the proposal is to reinvent C and call it
Python.
Why I like Python is its simplicity - I have suggested to many
that it be used as a teaching language around here instead of
C++. Why have the problem of ;'s and {}'s - when writing a
program of any size, it is VERY hard to find when one of these
is missing. It is much easier to see that a line of code was
not indented to the right place - the code just makes more
sense. If you do some serious programming, the majority of
time is not spent writing the code or using macros or code
generators - it is spent finding BUGS in programs. Why not
write in a language that is naturally readable.
Guido - keep the syntax. I like it, others like it, it is
understandable, and is so easy to teach (and, as far as
evidence goes, for me it took the least amount of time to learn
of any language I have picked up). I used to write solely in
C, and I was able to move to Python without problem, so I see
no need to let C syntax creep back in.
My $0.02,
Mike
-- Mike Keller (mlk4v@watt.seas.virginia.edu)