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   Re: [xml-dev] The Browser Wars are Dead! Long Live the Browser Wa rs!

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> I like the python runtime model but I'm not fond of syntax that cares 
> about white space and haven't had occasion to personally take it up.  

Good grief!  Pulling out this old saw?  I have converted a *lot* of people to 
Python, and I have not seen one whose surprise at forced indentation does not 
deliquesce into delight or oblivion within a few hours.

The extraordinary expressiveness Python affords you overall *far* overpowers 
the restrictions it imposes on white space.

DO you *really* disdain the fact that there are no obfuscated Python contests? 
 ;-)


-- 
Uche Ogbuji                                    Fourthought, Inc.
http://uche.ogbuji.net    http://4Suite.org    http://fourthought.com
Python&XML column: 2. Introducing PyXML - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/09/25/p
y.html
The Past, Present and Future of Web Services 1 - http://www.webservices.org/ind
ex.php/article/articleview/663/1/24/
The Past, Present and Future of Web Services 2 - 'http://www.webservices.org/in
dex.php/article/articleview/679/1/24/
Serenity through markup - http://adtmag.com/article.asp?id=6807
Tip: Using generators for XML processing - http://www-106.ibm.com/developerwork
s/xml/library/x-tipgenr.html






 

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