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Well, for me, it is a good point. For some reason it's just much easier for me to remember a particular language's way of doing something when there's only one
by chairface 17y ago
Well, for me, it is a good point. For some reason it's just much easier for me to remember a particular language's way of doing something when there's only one way.
Also, I'm a little obsessive about my code consistency, so I dislike having to remember that I've been using Array#size instead of Array#length, for instance.
Now, these are obviously not necessarily applicable to anyone else. However, I do feel like I can say that having only one way to do simple things is a plus, without being a "religious nutjob". Which is kind of inflammatory of you to say, by the way.
- petercooper 17y agoThere's a big difference between a person stating an opinion or a preference, as you have, and a community standard being defined and defended to the hilt. The first is choice; the second is religion. People who blindly defend Python's wacky standards as some sort of community issue are the religious nutjobs, not people like you who merely have a personal preference. So, no, you're not necessarily a religious nutjob. But, yes, it was meant to inflammatory; people who blindly defend groupthink deserve to have their cages shaken from time to time.