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I really miss the ease of the print statement and therefore was very happy to discover ipython's automatic parentheses - http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/dev/inte

I really miss the ease of the print statement and therefore was very happy to discover ipython's automatic parentheses - http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/dev/interactive/reference.html#automatic-parentheses-and-quotes http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/dev/interactive/reference.htm... Activating this option allows the parser to automatically infer function parentheses, just like in ruby. Though ruby still wins by virtue of its single letter `p` function.

bufordsharkley 12y ago
The new print function does some nifty stuff, but I find it such an unnecessary breaking change to rip out the good ol' print statement. In practice, the print statement is almost always much more convenient to use, but more than that, its removal represents to me the futility of the schism-- would it have hurt to let the canonical "hello world" continue to live as is?