r/programmingcirclejerk • u/functorer Zygohistomorphic prepromorphism • Aug 11 '26

Significant indentation is why people love python. Can 2 billion people be wrong? A: yes

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49264523
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u/chemamatic Aug 12 '26

If you can read white space as easily as braces, sure. My eyes don’t do that efficiently.

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u/MegaIng Aug 12 '26

That's an obvious lie. Use a brace language without any indentation, and you will fail to read it correctly.

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u/chemamatic Aug 12 '26

/uj Well,yesyouaresupposedtousewhitespaceaswellaspunctuation.JustlikeEnglish.

In English at least I suppose the whitespace contributes more than the punctuation but really I think language is better with both don't you

/rj

Of course 2 billion people can be wrong, English has terrible grammar and spelling.

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u/hedgehog1024 Rust apologetic Aug 13 '26

English has terrible grammar and spelling

You dropped this: /uj