[ale] Python Mentors?

[Pete Hardie]

The TIMTOWTDI aspect of Perl is why I dislike it - a program with N
developers working on it will have N+1 ways to do everything, requiring me
to be familiar with all parts of Perl to work in the code


On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 7:05 AM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:

> On 12/29/2014 09:17 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > Where's the trial by fire aspect of perl? Other than whitespace
> failures, Python
> > is just too damn clear!
>
>
> In 11th grade, I was taught which column got the C (6) so the line could be
> continued.  Since that language, I've always rejected languages which are
> completely dependent on whitespace.  I'm not 16 anymore.  BTW - it was
> Fortran66.  Python feels like that to me.
>
>
> However, Python is probably the best learning language out there today and
> if I
> were recommending any language for someone to use/learn it is python. I
> convinced my sister, a math professor, to teach her non-technical 1st
> programming language students Python over all other languages.
> http://blog.jdpfu.com/2011/10/19/how-to-learn-to-program
> The comments are helpful too.
>
>
> OTOH, perl is NOT write once (unless the programmer is a complete noob)
> and it
> is an unbelievable language for performance and flexibility. All languages
> (spoken or computer or written) require the human to learn the syntax in
> context, python does, just like perl.  Once you get the hang of Perl it is
> fantastic with subtle differences in the way to accomplish something best.
> There
> isn't just 1 way to accomplish something in Perl, just like there are
> multiple
> ways to say something in English.
>
> Shakespeare would program in Perl.  P-Diddy in Python.  Just sayin'.
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