[Catalyst] lets open a can of worms

[Daniel McBrearty]

and it puts plenty of wind into the argument that readability is a function
of the programmer, not the language.

I just started tinkering with Python recently - mostly because of teh fact
that it seems a lot better for writing distributable win apps tehn perl.
I'll take a look, thanks - need something to get my teeth into on that
front.


On 3/14/06, Len Jaffe <lenjaffe at jaffesystems.com> wrote:
>
> Any of you seen the python challenge?
>
> Its a series of puzzles which have programming
> solutions.  They are intended to be a python learning
> exercise, and are quite fun.
>
> I found that the bounce around, and sort of jump well
> past "python syntax beginner" and mostly make you
> learn about libraries/modules both core, and
> third-party.
>
> I found that I could think of the obvious solution in
> perl, but had to read the hints forum for hint on
> which modules to look at to solve the problems in a
> pythonic way.
>
> The other problem I had with the whole exercise, is
> the solutions' explanations.  After you solve a
> challenge, you can view the page with the explanation
> of the solution.  The solutions all appeard to have
> been through a rousing game of python golf.  The last
> thing a beginner needs is a single line of chained
> iterators/maps/regexes.  I need one operation per
> line, as many lines as it takes.  I felt that it took
> some of the wind out of the argument that python is
> supposed to be easier to read than perl.
>
> So, has anybody tried it out?
> I've been thinking about doing them in Python, perl,
> and ruby, to be able to learn python and ruby, and to
> be able to make reasonable comparisons between the
> three languages.
>
> oh yeah: www.pythonchallenge.com
>
> Len.
>
> Leonard A. Jaffe     lenjaffe at jaffesystems.com
> Leonard Jaffe Computer Systems Consulting Ltd.
> Columbus, OH, USA 614-404-4214 F: 530-380-7423
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