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Subject: Re: Python (was Re: I did not inhale)
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:48:57 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 14:49:19 -0700
Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:
>I do the same in Python.  The difference is that in Python the
>indentation is the single source of truth about program structure,

Sadly.

>while in other languages it's a matter of convention.
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_source_of_truth

That reads like the sort of pseudo philosphical gasbagging beloved of a 
certain type of ivory tower university lecturer who would probably last 2 days 
in a commercial IT enviroment.