From: Austin Ziegler Date: 2006-02-07T04:06:33+09:00 Subject: Re: Indentation vs. "end"s On 04/02/06, gabriele renzi wrote: > Austin Ziegler ha scritto: > >>What do you think about those "end"s? Do you *REALLY* like them? > >>Will Ruby-2 offer an alternative? Well, maybe not "indentation" but > >>will another solution be available? > > I hope that the mistake that Python makes isn't repeated in Ruby 2.0. > > I prefer explicit -- and more flexible -- than implicit and > > inflexible. > are you citing line 2 of "the zen of python"[1] consciously? :) Doubtful. I don't follow Pythonistas. However, if they are at all serious about it, the irony involved in their *own* failure to be explicit is delicious. > > In other words, I really *do* like the ends. > I always have the feeling that there could be something better than > ends, but untile I find it I'm happy with them. I've never had that feeling. I've programmed in too many different programming languages to feel that there's anything "wrong" with them. -austin -- Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com * Alternate: austin@halostatue.ca