Comments on: My Notes On Learning Python Coming From Perl http://beerpla.net/2008/10/09/my-notes-on-learning-python-coming-from-perl/ where things have nothing to do with beer - tutorials, tips, how-tos, thoughts, hacks, and other techy nonsense Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:59:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Artem Russakovskii http://beerpla.net/2008/10/09/my-notes-on-learning-python-coming-from-perl/#comment-8424 Artem Russakovskii Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:51:13 +0000 http://beerpla.net/2008/10/09/my-notes-on-learning-python-coming-from-perl/#comment-8424 Thanks Travis, all your points are duly noted. I still only semi-agree with (1) but I'm sure I'll change my mind as I keep using Python. Thanks Travis, all your points are duly noted. I still only semi-agree with (1) but I'm sure I'll change my mind as I keep using Python.

]]> By: Travis Grathwell http://beerpla.net/2008/10/09/my-notes-on-learning-python-coming-from-perl/#comment-8374 Travis Grathwell Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:57:53 +0000 http://beerpla.net/2008/10/09/my-notes-on-learning-python-coming-from-perl/#comment-8374 1. I find the $%@ sigils don't give too much meaning when you spend a lot of time passing references to things that you have to 're-cast' back to whatever they're referencing. The sigils mostly end up being a way to introduce obnoxious cleverness like "in a scalar context, this object/expression is this, while in an array context, it's that...". 2. The simple 'in' operator should be mentioned before has_key or __contains__. 3. 'for' in python acts as 'foreach', same as how 'for' is just an alias for 'foreach' in perl 1. I find the $%@ sigils don't give too much meaning when you spend a lot of time passing references to things that you have to 're-cast' back to whatever they're referencing. The sigils mostly end up being a way to introduce obnoxious cleverness like "in a scalar context, this object/expression is this, while in an array context, it's that…".

2. The simple 'in' operator should be mentioned before has_key or __contains__.

3. 'for' in python acts as 'foreach', same as how 'for' is just an alias for 'foreach' in perl

]]> By: nikolao http://beerpla.net/2008/10/09/my-notes-on-learning-python-coming-from-perl/#comment-8033 nikolao Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:59:21 +0000 http://beerpla.net/2008/10/09/my-notes-on-learning-python-coming-from-perl/#comment-8033 Tuples are also more efficient than lists, which was a bigger deal with the state of computers back in the early years of Python. For a nice modern object system in Perl 5, take a look at Moose in CPAN or at the following address. http://www.iinteractive.com/moose/ Tuples are also more efficient than lists, which was a bigger deal with the state of computers back in the early years of Python.

For a nice modern object system in Perl 5, take a look at Moose in CPAN or at the following address.

http://www.iinteractive.com/moose/

]]> By: василий http://beerpla.net/2008/10/09/my-notes-on-learning-python-coming-from-perl/#comment-8017 василий Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:38:12 +0000 http://beerpla.net/2008/10/09/my-notes-on-learning-python-coming-from-perl/#comment-8017 Python 2.6 has been released on October 1st. The major theme of this release is preparing the migration path to Python 3.0, a major redesign of the language. Whenever possible, Python 2.6 incorporates new features and syntax from 3.0 while remaining compatible with existing code by not removing older features or syntax. See the what's new docs for more details. Python 2.6 has been released on October 1st. The major theme of this release is preparing the migration path to Python 3.0, a major redesign of the language. Whenever possible, Python 2.6 incorporates new features and syntax from 3.0 while remaining compatible with existing code by not removing older features or syntax. See the what's new docs for more details.

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