Straying OT ... > > On Tue, September 19, 2017 1:42 pm, Nux! wrote: > > > Unfortunately the same can be said about Ruby, RoR, Python etc etc etc. > > > > It is not as much true about languages themselves (though it is true, and > > I for one call python "sneaky snake" just because of that ;-), as about > > <snip> > Yeah, in addition to my reaction to "you're using *whitespace* as a syntax > element?!", I had an early dislike of python, when each new sub-release > broke things that had worked in the previous. > +1 As a sysadmin/programmer I really detest using indents to denote lexical level. But when I have ever expressed such opinions I am invariably shouted down and told that it makes programming easier and I'm just an elitist nerd. And don't get me started on the incompatible point releases. P.