From: tony summerfelt <snowzone5@...>
Date: 2005-12-22T23:03:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Bruce Eckel and Ruby

Hal Fulton wrote on 12/20/2005 3:33 PM:

> As for significant whitespace -- surely it's a matter of opinion whether
> this is the "right" way or not. One can make arguments in both directions.
> I was initially drawn to the idea, but after playing with it, I found it
> had its drawbacks.

i'll say. when one space too many or too few can mean time spent
hunting it down to make a program work i think it's a serious design
flaw in a language.

near the end of my python experience i found my self using console
based editors so i could see the spacing a lot easier.

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