Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 21:54:58 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <20240408075547.000061e8@gmail.com> <20240412094809.811@kylheku.com> <87il0mm94y.fsf@tudado.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 23:54:58 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3d2f3f9738f07c0e14c4b69bbe4221e2"; logging-data="3387593"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+N1TujZUhicYbWtL4FtJ/h" User-Agent: Pan/0.155 (Kherson; fc5a80b8) Cancel-Lock: sha1:cF/6z9SXWOFjHIiZdbDbLSnI+2o= Bytes: 1777 On 13 Apr 2024 08:18:07 GMT, Stefan Ram wrote: > Python: > > There should be one - and preferably only one - obvious way to do it. > Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch. Actually, given the overlap between functions and classes, there are often multiple ways to do things. Unlike Perl, most of them will be more-or-less comprehensible. Algol 68 was also masterminded by a Netherlander, who was also the pioneer of two-level grammars: Aard van Wijngaarden. Coincidence? You be the judge.