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Post #323,642
by pwhysall
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3/29/10 1:08:40 AM
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New I hopped from Perl to Python...
...when I had to recycle some well-commented and neatly written Perl that was a few years old. I had to do a code walkthrough just to work out what the hell I was on about. I believe the words "fuck this shit" may have slipped out.

I can pick up my old Python code and understand it straight away, by contrast.

Not that I've written code of any description for a couple of years, mind...
Post #323,643
by crazy
3/29/10 4:32:23 AM
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New Yeah, but
I was under the impression you didn't consider yourself a programmer.

So any code switch is to be taken with a lot of questions. Which I don't feel like asking, so I'll drop it.
Post #323,651
by pwhysall
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3/29/10 9:03:51 AM
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New No, it's fine. I don't consider myself a programmer.
I switched because the occasional, sporadic nature of that sort of work meant that I often had to get back up to speed with a bit of code with as little difficulty as possible, in as short a timeframe as possible.

I was better at writing Perl than I was at Python, but I could read Python code after the fact better than I could Perl.

I could probably have circumvented it by commenting my Perl properly, and using the long version of the inbuilt operators, but hey. That'd have been too easy.

I did find Python's regex stuff nicer to use than Perl's, though. Which is not what I expected at all.
     aarrgg, brain dead - (boxley) - (33) - March 25, 2010, 03:23:35 PM EDT
         {print $5+1}? Or did I totally misread the question? -NT - (scoenye) - (32) - March 26, 2010, 07:56:59 AM EDT
             trying to get a running total, not increment - (boxley) - (31) - March 26, 2010, 08:31:59 AM EDT
                 Here, feed this filenames. - (crazy) - (8) - March 26, 2010, 10:18:14 AM EDT
                     I dont quite get this - (boxley) - (7) - March 26, 2010, 10:42:25 AM EDT
                         -s - (crazy) - (6) - March 26, 2010, 11:29:49 AM EDT
                             Ah, got it. thanx! -NT - (boxley) - (5) - March 26, 2010, 11:43:46 AM EDT
                                 That was all an inside joke, right? - (drook) - (4) - March 26, 2010, 01:05:01 PM EDT
                                     no works as advertized -NT - (boxley) - (2) - March 26, 2010, 02:03:38 PM EDT
                                         Sigh - (crazy) - (1) - March 26, 2010, 08:03:30 PM EDT
                                             sorry, no, works as advertized. My bad forgot comma -NT - (boxley) - March 26, 2010, 08:18:18 PM EDT
                                     Don't show it to Ben. - (crazy) - March 26, 2010, 08:04:34 PM EDT
                 Or like this... (using find) - (scoenye) - (21) - March 26, 2010, 11:04:46 PM EDT
                     Yup, find is magic - (crazy) - (10) - March 27, 2010, 07:46:21 AM EDT
                         s/magic/magic mushrooms/ - (pwhysall) - March 27, 2010, 10:18:13 AM EDT
                         My feelings exactly aboout Perl ;-) - (scoenye) - (8) - March 27, 2010, 08:40:27 PM EDT
                             I've tried to learn Perl several times. - (static) - (7) - March 28, 2010, 06:34:49 AM EDT
                                 Learning Perl is like learning a core language facility - (crazy) - (6) - March 28, 2010, 06:06:51 PM EDT
                                     What's the point? - (malraux) - (5) - March 28, 2010, 07:08:18 PM EDT
                                         Ah, welcome to the expanding fray - (crazy) - (4) - March 28, 2010, 07:12:26 PM EDT
                                             I hopped from Perl to Python... - (pwhysall) - (2) - March 29, 2010, 01:08:40 AM EDT
                                                 Yeah, but - (crazy) - (1) - March 29, 2010, 04:32:23 AM EDT
                                                     No, it's fine. I don't consider myself a programmer. - (pwhysall) - March 29, 2010, 09:03:51 AM EDT
                                             Quite. - (static) - March 29, 2010, 06:57:59 PM EDT
                     I like - (boxley) - (1) - March 27, 2010, 11:01:24 AM EDT
                         The - means "standard input" - (scoenye) - March 27, 2010, 08:28:08 PM EDT
                     oh well doesnt work in solaris - (boxley) - (7) - March 29, 2010, 09:32:54 AM EDT
                         apt-get install ubuntu FTW! -NT - (drook) - (3) - March 29, 2010, 09:34:12 AM EDT
                             sorry, we have standards, snicker -NT - (boxley) - (2) - March 29, 2010, 09:36:14 AM EDT
                                 GNU find from blastwave? -NT - (pwhysall) - (1) - March 29, 2010, 09:47:22 AM EDT
                                     That's how I'd go - (jake123) - March 29, 2010, 02:58:41 PM EDT
                         Solaris style... - (scoenye) - (2) - March 29, 2010, 09:15:48 PM EDT
                             thanx - (boxley) - (1) - March 29, 2010, 10:34:29 PM EDT
                                 Happy to help - (crazy) - March 30, 2010, 07:08:22 AM EDT

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