[TriLUG] Subject: Re: Broad question

[Dwain Sims via TriLUG]

I guess I don't care much about the indentation question either.

 For goodness sake I started out in the 70s with Fortran on punched cards.
Now that was awful.  Columns 1-5 for line numbers.  Column 6 to continue a
line.  Statement starts in Column 7.  Ugg. No loops at all other than build
it yourself with GOTO statements. Nasty, but we did not realize it at the
time.

I have also seen and tried to modify Perl that was unintelligible.  It can
get truly ugly.  But it does not have to be.  With a slight amount of
discipline and common sense (which goes flying out the window at times.)

I generally like Python.  If I take up some for fun coding in my retirement
years it is likely what I will use.  Sticking with Python 3 also, since I
don't have to port anything forward.

Dwain