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> If you know nothing about Python or coding, and you see a=b=c, you'd think that's true when all three a,b,c are the same. Sure, that's true if you literally
by quietbritishjim 2y ago
> If you know nothing about Python or coding, and you see a=b=c, you'd think that's true when all three a,b,c are the same.
Sure, that's true if you literally know nothing about coding. But that is not a very common audience for reading code. You only need to spend about 10 minutes coding to realise that the compiler follows fixed rules rather than making an LLM-like guess as to the meaning. If you get that far then most people (admittedly after a bit more 10 minutes) go on to realise that the only way to know what code does is carefully pick it apart step by step, rather than glance at it and guess yourself.
I love Python dearly, but this rule was a misstep on my opinion.