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From: Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com>
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Subject: Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 23:02:52 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-04-08, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> There it is again: “maximal space”. The “space” is there to be used.
> Code may be one-dimensional, but you have a two-dimensional screen to
> display it, why not make use of that, if it makes a complex structure
> clearer?

A canvas is two dimensional. That doesn't mean that a chimpanzee with
a brush is Rembrandt.

>
> Another example:
>
> def fill_in_depreciations(tax_year) :
>     "(re)inserts depreciation entries for the specified tax year," \
>     " based on currently-entered assets."
>     sql.cursor.execute \
>       (
>         "delete from payments where kind = %s and tax_year = %s",
>         ["D", tax_year]
>       )
>     for \
>             entry \
>         in \
>             get_each_record \

This ain't Rembrandt.

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