From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2005-12-22T16:14:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Bruce Eckel and Ruby

On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 06:17:48PM +0900, Tim Hammerquist wrote:
> 
> There are two things that I think python got absolutely *right*:
> One is Python's ternary expressions ("if 0 < x < 10:"), which
> have functional equivalents in Ruby.  The other is significant
> whitespace.

Glad ya think so.  I find it obnoxious, and it contributes to an
appearance to the source that makes my eyes bleed.  It detracts from
visual symmetry and makes everything look unfinished to me.

That's just me, though -- just like your impression that it's "right" is
just you.

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