From: Tim Hammerquist <penryu@...>
Date: 2005-12-23T09:32:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Bruce Eckel and Ruby

Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:
> 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.

Ok, to be fair, that "right" above is my opinion.

And like I said in the bit that was snipped, if more CS students
were taught to indent correctly, I probably wouldn't be so
opinionated on this matter.

Cheers!
Tim Hammerquist