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http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=365230.365257 http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=365230.365257 and gratis copies elsewhere; required reading since 1966. O
by gnufx 12y ago
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=365230.365257 http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=365230.365257 and gratis copies elsewhere; required reading since 1966. Of course "off-side" is a football term, somewhat significant in England later that year.
However, Python doesn't use Landin's off-side rule; colons are required, c.f. Haskell's usual syntax. Emacs works anyhow.
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoI prefer Python's use of colons to haskell's nothingness. Now...that means colons can't be used for types or cons, but it makes a lot of sense for python.