29 Apr 2007 esteve   » (Journeyer)

Snakes everywhere

I've been hacking a bunch of Python code recently: SCons, Buildbot, Twisted, SWIG bindings, etc. It has been a long time since I touched a line of Python (I worked with Zope and did some wxPython), but I still remember how to code Python.

There are still some issues I cannot understand:

  • global functions

    why len(list) instead of list.length?

  • regular expressions

    why are not regular expressions built into the language?

  • object orientation looks like a hack

    def foo(self, bar), str(4), etc. and so on

    Nevertheless, I prefer writing Python rather than Java, my wrists don't hurt so much :)

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