[clue-tech] Son's PC and intro to programming

[David L. Anselmi]

Angelo Bertolli wrote:
[...]
> I don't like assuming block level based on position.  Anyway, it's not 
> needed since even the simplest code editor can reformat the code to your 
> specifications.  If you want to enforce a particular style of 
> indentation, that's ok, but it's not the job of the language itself.  
> The language could have ways of enforcing this due to some configuration 
> directives, but it should not be enforced by default.  The language as a 
> language, and it's parse tree, should be unencumbered by such notions.

I used to think that this would be hard to work with (I'm still not 
convinced since I don't do much Python).  But I'm keeping an open mind.

Don't think of it as the language enforcing an indentation style.  Think 
of it as the language using indentation to delimit blocks instead of 
braces.  I can see that this is more natural to write than having to add 
braces to what your indentation already makes clear.  And when you use 
braces with unclear indentation it's probably harder to understand the code.

Just a thought.  I agree with others that Perl's TMTOWTDI isn't a 
feature, but it has so many useful gadgets and modules that I haven't 
gotten around to Python yet.

Dave
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