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Syntax regularity is infinitely more important than scripting convenience.

• jimmaswell 8y ago
  Button regularity on your keyboard is infinitely more important than ergonomics too, right? Anything but a grid of equally-sized squares must be wrong by virtue of aesthetics. Spoken language too: let's eliminate all contractions because they reduce regularity. Let's also make all the speed limits in the country equal at 20mph, because regularity is infinitely more important than convenience. You should be supporting return being made into a function too, right? That would be much more regular. Reminder that a guideline of python was supposed to be "practicality beats purity" which is in stark contrast to the changes to print and strings. [1] Reminds me of the gradual shift of the message on the wall in Animal Farm from "four legs good, two legs bad" to "four legs good, two legs better." 1: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/ https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/
  • keymone 8y ago
    Are you fingers equally spaced square shape manipulators? I don’t support having return at all. Statements that are not expressions are a mistake. Syntax irregularities are anti-practical.