animatedream

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• Commented on Perl and Me, Part 6: Perl Is Engineering <i>and</i> Art
  First, I would never argue that python makes it hard to write bad code. It's very easy to write bad code in any language. I would argue instead that python attempts to make it easier to write good code, by...

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• Buddy Burden commented on Perl and Me, Part 6: Perl Is Engineering <i>and</i> Art

  animatedream: Thanks for your comment!  Good to hear from someone on the Python side of things.

  > First, I would never argue that python makes it hard to write bad code.

  I understand that.  The problem is, the person who literally wrote the book on Python made that exact argument.

  > I don’t understand the benefit to software development in being able to express a meaning in any way but the best way.

  Well, I suppose if there were always exactly one “best way,” not only to all people, but also in all situations, in all …