chimbleysweep

I'm a Perl guy. Perl is my favorite language... buuut, it's never good to limit yourself to only one language of choice. I'm trying to expand the set of languages I'm familiar with. Python's caught my eye, after seeing a bunch of Perl guys jump ship for Python. I know very little about the language. Why do you like Python and what cool features or design decisions does it have?

juanvaldes

I started learning Python (didn't get far) but the way it handles array bounds is damn cool. If you go outside the index it wraps around, -1 is the last element. If your array is only 5 units, a index of 6 is the first element.

Not sure how useful that is in real code but I thought it was damn cool.

cheerios

it's neat. it's POWERFUL and it's a FUCKLOAD easier to read than perl.

-Anders

The ease of use, the clear syntax. Mmmm silkysmooth syntax.

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Tempboy

I remember I had to do it in my 2nd year of University, and I hated it.. Maybe I'll give it another shot.