From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 23095 invoked from network); 3 Aug 2023 15:24:17 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 3 Aug 2023 15:24:17 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE59C415AE; Fri, 4 Aug 2023 01:24:12 +1000 (AEST) Received: from omta40.uswest2.a.cloudfilter.net (omta40.uswest2.a.cloudfilter.net [35.89.44.39]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C63BB40FDD for ; Fri, 4 Aug 2023 01:24:05 +1000 (AEST) Received: from eig-obgw-6005a.ext.cloudfilter.net ([10.0.30.201]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id RZpdq6qwybK1VRaBJqrWsU; Thu, 03 Aug 2023 15:24:05 +0000 Received: from shared83.accountservergroup.com ([162.215.248.81]) by cmsmtp with ESMTPS id RaBIqJBzoyWNRRaBIqA9L4; Thu, 03 Aug 2023 15:24:04 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=KtNeZEaN c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=64cbc694 a=AwRUYBB+25HtnPEJkh7kPQ==:117 a=AwRUYBB+25HtnPEJkh7kPQ==:17 a=OWjo9vPv0XrRhIrVQ50Ab3nP57M=:19 a=dLZJa+xiwSxG16/P+YVxDGlgEgI=:19 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=UttIx32zK-AA:10 a=PqoYTlE7IscA:10 a=RA-Gvyz3vDWrqTdWumEA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=e-bbes.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:In-Reply-To:From: References:Cc:To:Subject:MIME-Version:Date:Message-ID:Sender:Reply-To: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=4vrneMsY3hz0v4akMZZmQ148udLkFPS541hoL7ux4SY=; b=0j1frdw4F50PRcjiorp43XKyVn UC7daxQKzKHYVzCT3OWTBHAPUG3FJOlCPBnlgFn56MOrU5W/YtRoToWCGl9g6QDSCUXjmnkITqT6D wyi7MYaP2RG0WYFVdhNELiU9t7A7JoQdbpxylN8wFgWd0LZF3kFQvuE5nOgQVcYt5W3Gg/Pgi2tHa Glm6JJbOokI062mNqjzFsHSI9JXN0pGXbgs7L6cl8q0ghcie/F5TZZ33HfHODno0fYvZC0hPUEKXp CAlSaQeG4B7EtjOy9xBm41Ru0e3YZXjIulWTsYDrJu5+U/L5wh6mSHYa129Ksly4+iilIKXFEvvJ9 cSopsNdg==; Received: from rrcs-108-176-122-118.nys.biz.rr.com ([108.176.122.118]:60320 helo=[192.168.1.125]) by shared83.accountservergroup.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1qRaBH-003RYv-Og; Thu, 03 Aug 2023 10:24:03 -0500 Message-ID: <99511256-1c0a-732b-4b78-a879a67a2291@e-bbes.com> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 11:24:00 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.13.0 To: Rob Pike , Mike Markowski References: <8246.1690761540@cesium.clock.org> <29602.1690887524@cesium.clock.org> <20230803005106.GA12652@mcvoy.com> Content-Language: en-US From: emanuel stiebler In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - shared83.accountservergroup.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - tuhs.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - e-bbes.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 108.176.122.118 X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1qRaBH-003RYv-Og X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: rrcs-108-176-122-118.nys.biz.rr.com ([192.168.1.125]) [108.176.122.118]:60320 X-Source-Auth: emu@e-bbes.com X-Email-Count: 1 X-Org: HG=asoshared_site5_new;ORG=aso; X-Source-Cap: ZW11YmVzO2VtdWJlcztzaGFyZWQ4My5hY2NvdW50c2VydmVyZ3JvdXAuY29t X-Local-Domain: yes X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfPCMRPbrOyQ+KQ0bLjlGm5YEXPVMuHJnslQ7i+0oe3Bh94oc55CM12qR6pVSsLxpmmU1rC+rxMxRGVTD8ftwjOaQVvZ/86q0VHatyBfUHggay/V28e+P L0oQnCzA1IPUTc4uBMWUdVpKZAOJsIWd2GOzPKNwkTArVS1U6vkt7XBbBecls7oI2Tt4iezi2xVl67Fi29kYNMdv4OF+bvDQ+Es= Message-ID-Hash: HO3WQ2PD5GGXQITAKCQSDT4BIEFW3FGY X-Message-ID-Hash: HO3WQ2PD5GGXQITAKCQSDT4BIEFW3FGY X-MailFrom: emu@e-bbes.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: python List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On 2023-08-03 09:29, Rob Pike wrote: > The idea of indentation defining structure seemed really cool when it > arose. I first saw it in a toy language called Henry, back in the early > 1980s. > > But over time the notion that invisible characters define program > execution created so many problems that in retrospect it is ill advised > despite its prevalence. In fact its prevalence makes it even less > advisable, as it creates yet more areas for trouble. Most editors have some "beautify modes" which can fix indentation, so the programmer sees what he is doing in deep nested stuff. Counting "white spaces" in 21st century?