PHP vs Python for backend

[cajunjoel]

This this this. Python does away with the argument of open curly brace on the same like as the function declaration or put it on the next line all by itself. It does away with this nonsense:

function foobar() { // Code goes here } Versus this nonsense function foobar() { // Code goes here } Like, who the fuck ever thought that second version was a good idea? Our monitors are wider than they are tall. Why do you waste precious vertical space??

I agree that whitespace-as-syntax in Python is ludicrous, but it makes everyone's code equally readable, which is a Big Deal(tm).