RE: [Tutor] Re: Perl Symbology

2005-02-10 Thread Smith, Jeff
5 12:23 PM To: tutor@python.org Subject: [Tutor] Re: Perl Symbology Bill Mill writes: > I get the impression that many pythonistas don't like string >interpolation. I've never seen a clear definition of why. From "import >this": Explicit is better than implici

Re: [Tutor] Re: Perl Symbology

2005-02-10 Thread Bill Mill
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:22:30 +0100, Abel Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill Mill writes: > > > I get the impression that many pythonistas don't like string > > interpolation. I've never seen a clear definition of why. > >From "import this": > > Explicit is better than implicit. > > An

[Tutor] Re: Perl Symbology

2005-02-10 Thread Abel Daniel
Bill Mill writes: > I get the impression that many pythonistas don't like string > interpolation. I've never seen a clear definition of why. >From "import this": Explicit is better than implicit. And doesn't perl's method mean that you have to escape _every_ _single_ '$' in strings? I think