OpenEuphoria

Re: Euphoria v. (not C)

• Posted by Irv <irv at ELLIJAY.COM> Jun 01, 1998
• 1112 views

At 09:31 PM 6/1/98 -0400, Rob Craig wrote:

>Re: Python
>> It also uses indentation
>> for program structures, so you would write something like this:
>>   for i = 1 to length( s ) do
>>      puts( 1, s & "\n" )
>> No need for an "end for".
>
>I consider this a bug, not a feature. If the
>whitespace in your program is off slightly,
>Python will quietly misinterpret the logic of your program.
>Python programmers must be constantly scrolling up
>and down in their editors, making darn sure that large blocks
>of code line up properly, especially since there's no indication
>of which type of statement is being terminated when you
>"exdent" (i.e. stop indenting).

That's not just a bug - it makes the language nearly unusable.
COBOL was bad enough with all those "does not begin in column.."
messages. At least it issued messages.

>Has anyone seen a high-speed action game written
>in any of these other languages?

Touche'

Irv