Camels & snakes

[Stelios Bounanos]

 >>>>> On Fri, 20 Sep 2002 20:06:38 +0300, Panayotis Prokopiou
 >>>>> <pprok at softlab.ece.ntua.gr> was rumoured to have said:

 > Dimitris wrote:
 >> Πού να δώσω τον πολύτιμο χρόνο μου, σε Perl ή σε python? ***

 > idou h aporia!
 > to idio dilima exo kai ego.
 > Afto pou me fofizei sthn perl einai oti apo osa akouo o kodikas ths 
 > einai polu disanagnostos, kai an deis kai to scriptaki tou keramida tha 
 > katalabeis ti ennoo (o, nai! uparxei poly kodikas se afth th morfh, exo 
 > dei kai xeiroterh).
 > Apo thn allh h python exei mia idieterothta. ksexorizei ta blocks apo to 
 > intendation (tabs). To thetiko edo einai oti den grafei kaneis opos 
 > thelei, alla oloi grafoun to idio. To arnhtiko einai oti einai kapos 
 > parakseno...
 > Stis nees ekdoseis kai ton 2 glosson apo oso ksero tha uparksei kapoia 
 > antalagh "texnognosia", px perl regular expressions.
 > Tellos, h python einai h monh glossa h opoia kanei afto
 > a, b = b, a
 > !!! nai, afth einai h swap.

Perl: ($a, $b) = ($b, $a);
      ...

Lisp: (let ((a b) (b a))
	...)

 > Telika den ksero an se boithisa h' oxi :-) To idio problhma exo kai ego, 
 > me elafria klish pros thn python.

 > -- 
 > pprok


Rgds,
/-sb.