[ale] Python Mentors?

[Jim Kinney]

I found perl methods to be 2^N+1 for N developers. Glad I usually code solo
:-)
On Dec 30, 2014 9:20 AM, "Pete Hardie" <pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:

> The TIMTOWTDI aspect of Perl is why I dislike it - a program with N
> developers working on it will have N+1 ways to do everything, requiring me
> to be familiar with all parts of Perl to work in the code
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 7:05 AM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
>
>> On 12/29/2014 09:17 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> > Where's the trial by fire aspect of perl? Other than whitespace
>> failures, Python
>> > is just too damn clear!
>>
>>
>> In 11th grade, I was taught which column got the C (6) so the line could
>> be
>> continued.  Since that language, I've always rejected languages which are
>> completely dependent on whitespace.  I'm not 16 anymore.  BTW - it was
>> Fortran66.  Python feels like that to me.
>>
>>
>> However, Python is probably the best learning language out there today
>> and if I
>> were recommending any language for someone to use/learn it is python. I
>> convinced my sister, a math professor, to teach her non-technical 1st
>> programming language students Python over all other languages.
>> http://blog.jdpfu.com/2011/10/19/how-to-learn-to-program
>> The comments are helpful too.
>>
>>
>> OTOH, perl is NOT write once (unless the programmer is a complete noob)
>> and it
>> is an unbelievable language for performance and flexibility. All languages
>> (spoken or computer or written) require the human to learn the syntax in
>> context, python does, just like perl.  Once you get the hang of Perl it is
>> fantastic with subtle differences in the way to accomplish something
>> best. There
>> isn't just 1 way to accomplish something in Perl, just like there are
>> multiple
>> ways to say something in English.
>>
>> Shakespeare would program in Perl.  P-Diddy in Python.  Just sayin'.
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