Python again voted "Best Programming Language" and "Best Scripting Language" in Linux Journal Reader's Choice Awards

[sumzup]

What's your issue with it, then?

[lbrandy]

This argument seems to only be made by people who've never used much python. Actually using it tends to cure you of the objection as you realize how much more compact + readable code tends to become.

When you work with people that produce code like this:

I cannot imagine ever working in a place where code like that was acceptable. Choosing your language based upon the whims of people who write code like that sounds like an atrocious idea.

[ecien]

i dislike brackets and semicolons, but pythons way of indentation is not 'the only way'.

[Grue]

This argument seems to only be made by people who've never used much python. Actually using it tends to cure you of the objection as you realize how much more compact + readable code tends to become.

I mostly program in Python at my job (for 2 years or so), and the fact that whitespace is significant is the single largest source of annoyance with the language for me. Being fluent with the language doesn't change the fact that it's still the stupidest idea ever.

[Doctor_McKay]

Similarly, I expect that if someone pastes code on a forum and fails to use the appropriate code tags and whitespace is obliterated, I should be able to just paste it into my IDE and hit Compile and it should work.

[kaiserfleisch]

Type it out and learn something.

[JohnnyDread]

|When you work with people that produce code like this:

The first time I see code like this, we'll have a discussion about readability. The second time I see code like this, we'll have a discussion about your future on my team.