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I'm glad someone else discovered they can like python. I got forced to learn it for a project where I was proposing Ruby and the customer insisted on Python. T
by t43562 1y ago
I'm glad someone else discovered they can like python.
I got forced to learn it for a project where I was proposing Ruby and the customer insisted on Python. This was years ago when Ruby was much slower. I was annoyed but I got used to it and here I am enjoying it many years later.
I take issue with the description and use of make though! :-D What is the point of it if you're not going to use dependencies? One might as well just write a script with a case statement..... I'm adding smileys because I don't mean to be all that serious but I really do think that the failure of the youth of today to get to grips with Make is a sad reflection on our culture....... and get off my lawn, ok? :-)
- pphysch 1y ago> One might as well just write a script with a case statement..... I started with this and evolved into simple flat Makefiles, because they're basically the same but Make feels more standard (there's a Makefile here vs. there's a random bash script here).
- shmerl 1y agoRuby's syntax is much nicer. I just can't stand the idea of using whitespace for scope delimiting.
- dapperdrake 1y agoRon Garrett noticed that emacs can use "pass" like a closing brace for auto-indenting. Genius.
- pzo 1y agoI wish python had support for optional braces. Maybe time I copy some snippet or integrate some other project into mine and have to worry if someone using 2 spaces, 4 spaces or tabs.
- shmerl 1y agoYeah, but they seem to think it's a feature, not a hindrance. I don't really understand the idea.
- fastasucan 1y agoIf you are worrying about that you should try to Ruff or an equivalent.
- t43562 1y agoI thought that too....but I did get over it. I ended up feeling that it removes a lot of (internal) debate about what's the best style for braces that you get in C-like languages.
- shmerl 1y agoIt's just weird. May be if you are used to it, it doesn't bother you, but I find it too easy to do something wrong with scope.
- mixmastamyk 1y agoI love it, so much more concise and clean without the brace noise.