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happymellon on March 11, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bython: Python with braces. Because Python is awes...

You could always ask Apple.

Braces are explicit, whitespace implicit.

https://embeddedgurus.com/barr-code/2014/03/apples-gotofail-...

JohnKemeny on March 11, 2024 | [–]

In Python, whitespace is explicit, so actually, the bug you just posted hadn't happened if they used Python. Indeed, in your link, the braces are implicit too.

arunix on March 11, 2024 | [–]

And of course, "Explicit is better than implicit"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_of_Python#Principles

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