Re: Scripting languages again

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From: Yoz Grahame
Subject: Re: Scripting languages again
Date: 22:34 on 16 Sep 2003

On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 10:21:29PM +0100, Dave Brown wrote:
> Can anyone in the class explain why Python chose to have "return
> the length of a string" be a standalone function called "len()"
> forcing the would-be Python programmer to reach for the manual?

Ah, but doesn't BASIC have LEN() as well? Not that "because BASIC does 
it that way" is a statement that can be used for anything other than 
language-design comedy, but still...

-- Yoz

Scripting languages again dagbrown (Dave Brown) 22:21 on 16 Sep 2003
- Re: Scripting languages again David Cantrell 22:34 on 16 Sep 2003
- Yoz Grahame 22:34 on 16 Sep 2003

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